Law Reform: Federal Voting Rights

HPLC Submission to the Australian Electoral Commission - 2007 Federal Action Plan for enabling and empowering homeless people to participate in the electoral process

2005 Submission to the Federal Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters to inform the Report of the Inquiry into the Conduct of the 2004 Federal Election and Matters Related Thereto 

The PILCH Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic made detailed written and oral submissions to the Committee in relation to the ability of homeless people to exercise the right to vote. These submissions are quoted and referred to extensively throughout the report, with the issues of homelessness and voting being considered in detail at pages 14-17 and 129-133.

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Click here for a copy of the PILCH Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic submission.