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19 August 2010
ADF members deployed overseas vote for the upcoming election

The Australian Defence Force has over 3000 members currently on deployment overseas and for them, the very important task of voting in the federal election is a job that needs to be done.

There are three ways in which deployed personnel can cast their votes - at an Australian embassy, via a general postal vote or by having an approved Assistant Returning Officer come to them with a Deployed Polling Booth.

To keep the process as smooth as possible, Defence Personnel are trained and authorised as Assistant Returning Officers by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) and then operate polling booths in deployed locations.

Afghanistan

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1st Mentoring Task Force Chaplain Alamoti Lavaki (right) receives Federal Election voting instructions from Captain Craig Skipper - in the comfortable surrounds of Poppies recreational area at Multinational Base Tarin Kot.

(Date taken: 16 August 2010)
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1st Mentoring Task Force Chaplain Alamoti Lavaki (right) receives Federal Election voting instructions from Lieutenant Scott Rivett and Captain Craig Skipper - in the comfortable surrounds of Poppies recreational area at Multinational Base Tarin Kot.
CAPT Skipper and LEUT Rivett are part of the ADF Australian Electoral Commission Team, flying into Tarin Kot to provide deployed ADF members the opportunity to vote.

(Date taken: 16 August 2010)
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1st Mentoring Task Force Chaplain Alamoti Lavaki (right) receives Federal Election voting instructions from Lieutenant Scott Rivett and Captain Craig Skipper - in the comfortable surrounds of Poppies recreational area at Multinational Base Tarin Kot.
CAPT Skipper and LEUT Rivett are part of the ADF Australian Electoral Commission Team, flying into Tarin Kot to provide deployed ADF members the opportunity to vote.

(Date taken: 16 August 2010)
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MEAO

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You don’t have to be in Australia to vote in the up-coming elections. With four teams of Australian Electoral Commission appointed Assistant Returning Officers deploying to all parts of the Middle East Area of Operations, even the most isolated Australian Service Personnel will have their chance to vote. Members of Team Four, (L-R) Flying Officer Greg Kilpatrick and Warrant Officer Class One Mike Beinke visit the Australian Support Base in the United Arab Emirates giving Australian personnel at the base their chance to cast a vote.

(Date taken: 12 August 2010)
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You don’t have to be in Australia to vote in the up-coming elections. With four teams of Australian Electoral Commission appointed Assistant Returning Officers deploying to all parts of the Middle East Area of Operations, even the most isolated Australian Service Personnel will have their chance to vote. Members of Team Four, (L-R) Flying Officer Greg Kilpatrick and Warrant Officer Class One Mike Beinke visit the Australian Support Base in the United Arab Emirates giving Australian personnel at the base their chance to cast a vote.

(Date taken: 12 August 2010)
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(Centre) First-time voter Private Brayden Lingard casts his vote into the ballot box under the watchful eyes of (L) Warrant Officer Class One Mike Beinke and (R) Flying Officer Greg Kilpatrick.

(Date taken: 13 August 2010)
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Representatives for the Australian Electoral Commission Warrant Officer Class Two (WO2) Belinda Land, Flight Lieutenant Fiona Summerell and Sergeant Debbie Zigmantas set up a deployed polling booth in the field for soldiers to vote during a patrol in Los Palos, East Timor.

(Date taken: 17 August 2010)
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Representatives for the Australian Electoral Commission Warrant Officer Class Two (WO2) Belinda Land, Flight Lieutenant Fiona Summerell and Sergeant Debbie Zigmantas set up a deployed polling booth in the field for soldiers to vote during a patrol in Los Palos, East Timor.

(Date taken: 17 August 2010)
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Section Commander Corporal Phil Carter seals his ballot papers inside an envelope at a deployed polling booth in Los Palos, East Timor.

(Date taken: 17 August 2010)
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Private Adam Miles from Southport, Queensland, casts his vote for the Federal Elections, at the deployed polling booth in Los Palos, East Timor.

(Date taken: 17 August 2010)
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Section Commander Corporal Darren Rixon from Goondiwindi Queensland, fills out his ballot papers for the Federal Elections, at the deployed polling booth in Los Palos, East Timor.

(Date taken: 17 August 2010)
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Private Adam Davies lines up at the deployed polling booth to collect his ballot papers from representative for the Australian Electoral Commission Flight Lieutenant Fiona Summerell, for his electoral division, during a patrol in Los Palos, East Timor.

(Date taken: 17 August 2010)
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Soldiers line up at the deployed polling booth to cast their vote for the Federal Election, during a patrol in Los Palos.

(Date taken: 17 August 2010)
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A soldier places his ballot papers in the ballot box at a deployed polling booth, during a patrol in Los Palos, East Timor.

(Date taken: 17 August 2010)
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Representatives for the Australian Electoral Commission Flight Lieutenant Fiona Summerell , Warrant Officer Class Two (WO2) Belinda Land and Sergeant Debbie Zigmantas explains to deployed soldiers how to fill out ballot papers for the Federal Election, during a patrol in Los Palos, East Timor.

(Date taken: 17 August 2010)
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Representatives for the Australian Electoral Commission Flight Lieutenant Fiona Summerell, Warrant Officer Class Two (WO2) Belinda Land and Sergeant Debbie Zigmantas explains to a deployed soldier how to fill out ballot papers for the Federal Election, during a patrol in Los Palos, East Timor.

(Date taken: 17 August 2010)
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Deployed polling booths set up for soldiers to vote during a patrol in Los Palos, East Timor.

(Date taken: 17 August 2010)
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Representative for the Australian Electoral Commission Flight Lieutenant Fiona Summerell arrives via PDL Toll Helicopter to set up a deployed polling booth for soldiers on patrol in Los Palos, East Timor.

(Date taken: 17 August 2010)
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