Postal Voting in the Northern Territory

Applying for a postal vote

To vote by mail, you can apply to vote by post in the 2024 State election from now. The Northern Territory Electoral Commission (NTEC) will send you a ballot pack by mail that you will need to post back to them. Postal voting is free.

You can apply:

• Online
• By completing and sending an application in the post
• Register as a general postal voter.

General postal voters do not need to apply for a postal vote as they will be sent ballot papers automatically.

More details on how to apply will be published closer to the election. For more information see here or email postalvote.ntec@nt.gov.au

What are the deadlines?

• The NTEC must receive your completed ballot papers by 18:00 on the election day.

Am I eligible?

You can apply if you:

• Will be outside the Northern Territory
• Will be more than 8km from a voting centre on election day
• Will be travelling and unable to attend a voting centre on election day
• Have a serious illness or condition that prevents you from attending a voting centre on election day
• Are approaching maternity
• Have religious beliefs that prevent you from attending a voting centre on election day
• Are in a correctional centre and prevented from attending a voting centre on election day
• Are caring for a person outside of a hospital setting, which prevents you from attending a voting centre on election day
• Will be working on election day
• Are a silent elector
• Are a person with a disability
• Believe that attending a voting centre on election day will place your personal safety or the safety of your family at risk

Voting by postal vote

You will be one ballot paper with instructions and two envelopes.

You should fill out the election ballot papers in secret. You can ask someone to help you, but this person should not tell you who to vote for and must not tell anyone how you voted without your consent.

Once you have filled out the ballot paper, put it in the ballot paper envelope and seal it. On the ballot paper envelope complete the date, time and signatures sections. Put the ballot paper envelope inside the reply paid envelope and seal it. Post the envelope as soon as you can. You don’t need a stamp.

You can also hand the reply paid envelope to an electoral officer at a voting centre or the Northern Territory Electoral Commission Office.