Postal vote

About 2 million of the nation's 17.2 million enrolled voters have applied to the Australian Electoral Commission to cast their ballot by mail, meaning a ...

If the contest in the House was super close and it came down to that one seat, then yeah that’s an issue.” With postal votes flowing in up to 13 days after election day, a significant chunk of votes will not be counted on May 21. “It all depends on how close it is, both within that particular division and how close it is with the House of Representatives. You could have one seat being a close contest and not others.