Total Population
Population with a disability
according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimateNorfolk Island has not yet signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Section 6, part 3A states:
A person who, by reason of being of unsound mind, is incapable of understanding the nature and significance of enrolment and voting, is not entitled to enrolment.
Section 47, part 3 states:
Subsection 47(2) does not require the Returning Officer to send a notice and form [of electors who did not vote] to an elector if the Returning Officer is satisfied that the elector — …
Section 47, part 6 states:
If an elector is unable, by reason of absence from his place of living or physical incapacity, to complete, sign and post the form [for electors who did not vote] …some other elector who has personal knowledge of the facts may complete, sign in the presence of an authorised witness and post the form in accordance with that subsection and the completion, signing and posting of the form by that other elector shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be compliance by the first-mentioned elector with the provisions of that subsection.