Record number of Australians on roll for same-sex marriage postal survey, suggesting deadline has sparked surge in youth enrolmentSome 90,000 Australians have been added to the electoral roll since the same-sex marriage postal survey was called, the Australian Electoral Commission says. The news will allay concerns from marriage equality advocates who were concerned that figures less than a week ago showed just 36,769 new enrolments, suggesting young people were set to miss out on the vote. The answer's in the post – Australian marriage equality vote explainer Read moreBut before the surge in enrolments more than half a million under 40s were still missing from the roll. “The fight to get people correctly enrolled is now finished but we still have a long way to go to win this vote and achieve marriage equality,” she said. The executive director of the Equality Campaign, Tiernan Brady, said the result signalled “the largest, most successful enrolment campaign since federation”.

Source: The Guardian August 25, 2017 05:07 UTC