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Speaker 1: If you've just joined us, well, today is the day

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Speaker 1: that we are just twenty three days out from the

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Speaker 1: Northern Territory election. We're really getting to the point of

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Speaker 1: end of the campaign. Now joining us on the line

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Speaker 1: is the Northern Territory Electoral Commissioner, Kirsten Kelly.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to your commissioner.

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Speaker 3: Good morning, Katie.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much for your time this morning. I imagine

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Speaker 2: it's going to be a busy one for you.

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Speaker 1: It's the day that, as I understand it, the writ

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Speaker 3: Yes, I can confirm Katie that the writ has been

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Speaker 3: issued and the Northern Territory Electrical Commission has received the writ.

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Speaker 3: We'll also make the copy of the writ available on

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Speaker 3: the Antech website later on today if anyone wants to

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Speaker 3: have a look at that. So that's an important document

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Speaker 3: which authorizes us to now conduct the twenty twenty four

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Speaker 1: Now I know that it means that the government goes

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Speaker 1: in to caretaker mode. We've had quite a few questions

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Well, there are lots of information on the website,

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Speaker 3: the Office of the Chief Minister to answer about what

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Speaker 3: that means. And I understand that there's some information online

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so what does it mate? Well, what happens for

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Speaker 1: I guess as of today and you know, when are

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Speaker 2: Has the electoral role now closed?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? So the electoral role will close this Friday, that's

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Speaker 3: you're not sure, you can always give the Anti Electoral

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Speaker 1: All right, And so when will people be able to

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Speaker 1: begin voting and talk us through some of those key dates.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, so early voting commences on the twelfth of August.

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Speaker 3: So when we have our countdown clock about days to election,

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Speaker 1: So can anybody vote on Monday the twelfth or is

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Speaker 3: Now can anyone? There's no eligibility requirement to early vote,

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Speaker 1: And are you anticipating that there's going to be quite

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Speaker 3: It's an option for people to vote early. In the past,

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Speaker 1: Kristin, can you explain to us because there was some

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Speaker 3: Yes, there are a number of school options available and

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Speaker 1: Can you tell us what are some of the rules

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Speaker 3: So there are campaign prohibition zones that apply around voting centers,

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Speaker 1: Now, in terms of the work happening in some of

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So we've just finished a nineteen week engagement education

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Speaker 1: Kris, I don't know whether you've got this info in

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Speaker 3: Count, It absolutely does count. So we have two five

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Speaker 1: Yeah, hey, before I let you go, and commissioner. In

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Speaker 3: Okay, So that's a really important question. So today the

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Speaker 1: I was going to ask you, are there certain criteria

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Speaker 1: Are a few questions coming through as well, asking sort

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Speaker 1: of what role the Electoral Commission plays out in some

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Speaker 1: of those remote communities. I know, at different times sort

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Speaker 1: of been claims I guess you might say of you know,

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Speaker 1: political parties maybe doing or saying things to try and

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Speaker 1: Electoral Commission do out in some of those areas to

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Speaker 1: ensure that nothing like that is happening.

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Speaker 3: So in remote communities where the mobile polling stations are

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Speaker 3: set up, it's essentially a voting center environment. So there

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Speaker 3: are prohibition zones and things like that. Assent and the

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Speaker 3: voting center managers for those remote teams will brief any

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Speaker 3: of the candidates that are there, and the campaign is

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Speaker 3: about what they can and can't do. So there's absolutely

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Speaker 3: very strict rules in the Electoral Actor about enticement and

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Speaker 3: actually move into the criminal legislation as well, so that

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Speaker 3: information is shared with candidates and parties about what the

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Speaker 3: offenses are electoral offenses, and we certainly will remind people

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Speaker 3: and that when we're briefing them and that. But if

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Speaker 3: there is any concern or anyone does, here's something we

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Speaker 3: encourage people to make contact with us and where they

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Speaker 3: can provide the evidence of the yeah, what they've heard

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Speaker 3: to support what they've heard.

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Speaker 1: Well, Northern Territory Electoral Commissioner, Kirsten Kelly, I really appreciate

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Speaker 1: your time this morning. I've no doubt you and I

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Speaker 1: are going to speak probably a few times before the election.

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Speaker 2: So thank you very much for having a chat with

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Speaker 2: me this morning.

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Speaker 3: No, anytime, I'm always having a chat.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, thank you, thanks so much,