The Australian Electoral Commission has announced that from when the postal survey was called on 8 August until 20 August there were 36,769 new enrolments and 434,026 updates to enrolment details. The answer's in the post – Australian marriage equality vote explainer Read moreThose figures indicate that new enrolments before the last election represented 19.2% of enrolment transactions, more than double the proportion seen in the current same-sex marriage postal survey enrolment surge. “We know that younger people are more like to vote yes. Amnesty International Australia campaigns manager, Michael Hayworth, said it was an “innovative, collaborative initiative ... which signals to young Australians that their votes are vital to winning a Yes result in the marriage equality postal plebiscite”. “The ACTU, consistent with our policy positions, is working to ensure that if there must be a postal survey on this issue that all people are enrolled to participate,” she said.

Source: The Guardian August 22, 2017 18:00 UTC