Bumpy road not the only issue keeping remote communities from voting in NT

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The Northern Territory Electoral Commissioner Iain Loganathan says he is very concerned, as funerals delayed due to coronavirus and biosecurity area restrictions keep many voters away.

Santa Teresa is less than an hour's drive from Alice Springs, but with a very rough 60-kilometre road between residents and town, it can feel much further away.The Northern Territory Electoral Commission has set up mobile polling booths in the remote communitiesLess than 50 per cent of remote voters have exercised their democratic right

With a week left until the election, the NTEC says alarmingly few remote community residents have voted. "The trend is not good, it's under 50 per cent … a record low turn out," NTEC Commissioner Iain Loganathan said."But we also know historically that those numbers aren't high. Generally, if a member of a community doesn't vote in a community, generally speaking, they aren't going to vote.

 

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