Overseas Postal Vote: Witness declaration alternative

Use this form if:

You have received your postal vote pack
You are overseas
You cannot show the unsigned Postal Vote Certificate and blank ballot paper to an authorised witness.

Your ballot must be cast and this form must be submitted by the close of polling on election day.

Once this form is complete:

Complete the ballot paper
Review and complete the details on the Postal Vote Certificate
Sign the Declaration on the Postal Vote Certificate
Write OS Wit Alt in the Signature of Witness box
Leave Category of Witness box blank
Place the completed ballot paper into the Postal Vote Certificate
Return your postal vote to the AEC via the two options outlined in the Guide to Completing your Postal Vote.

My details

Given names

Family name

My postal vote

Where to find the information on your postal vote

Postal vote ID

Postal Vote ID

Please enter your Australian residential postcode of your enrolled address to ensure that this statement is sent to the correct Division.

How to determine your postcode

Find your postcode

If you do not know the postcode please use this tool to determine your postcode.

Australian residential postcode

Please provide a statement as to why you cannot show the blank certificate and ballot papers to an authorised witness.

Statement (please type directly into the box or paste as plain text)

My passport

You must upload an image of the first page of your passport.

Passport image requirements

Your passport image must show:

The country and date of issue
Passport number
Name, date of birth and signature, and
Your photograph.

Example

PDF (.pdf), JPG (.jpg), JPEG (.jpeg), BMP (.bmp), TIFF (.tif) or GIF (.gif) formats only
The size of your scanned file must not exceed 4 MB

Attach file

Declaration

I declare that the information provided in this form is true and correct and that the image uploaded above is a true copy of my passport, as certified by me.

Signed on:

Please enter the above verification code *