Many Australians expected to be in isolation, with AEC staff prevented from accessing hospitals and some aged care facilities
Legislation was recently passed to allow the AEC to expand its phone-in voting service, traditionally used for blind or low-vision Australians, to take votes from positive Covid cases.Covid case numbers surging throughout AustraliaAEC media director Evan Ekin-Smyth said there was “no golden number” on how many Covid positive cases are expected to need the service.
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