Hello, Australians. You have until midnight tonight (Thursday, Aug 24) to enrol or update your details for the postal survey on same-sex marriage.
That's in *checks watch* 16 hours from the time I am typing this. If you're yet to enrol with the Australian Electoral Commission, check or update your details, and you want a say in the survey:
CLICK THIS LINK TO VISIT THE AEC WEBSITE.
If you're enrolled, you will receive a paper form in the mail in late September asking the question: "Should the law be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry?"
You will have to return it by Nov 7.
Yesterday, the AEC said almost 55,000 people had joined the electoral roll since the survey was announced on Aug 8, and that over half a million people had updated their details.
The electoral roll has increased by 54,545 between 8 & 22 August. 577,879 total enrolment transactions processed in this timeframe #auspol
Are you an overseas voter? Living in a remote community without a postal address? Don't speak English well, or want to help a friend or relative who doesn't speak English well? Some other complicated voting situation?
All your questions have been answered — to the best of our ability — in this mega-FAQ post about the postal survey.
HERE'S THAT LINK TO THE AEC AGAIN.
If you want to have a say, do it now, or you'll miss out.