Senate debates
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Enrol to Vote Week
9:51 am
Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I move:
- That the Senate—
- (a)
- notes that:
- (i)
- Enrol to Vote Week 2010 will run from 17 May to 23 May 2010 with the theme ‘You never know when an election might be called!’, and
- (ii)
- in 2007 only 17 208 Australians enrolled or updated their details by 8 pm on the day election writs were issued compared to 423 975 in the old 7 day period in 2004; and
- (b)
- recognises the empowerment of young people to the democratic process.
Question agreed to.