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== Current Electoral Roll == | == Current Electoral Roll == | ||
The current electoral roll is available on microfiche at the Queensland State Library.<!--{ | The current electoral roll is available on microfiche at the Queensland State Library.<!--{12094218221440} --> It is divided into States, but is then alphabetically by surname then given name within each State. It is thereforefore very easy to find someone so long as you have an idea which state they are in, and if you don't know which state, then searching all of them isn't too tedious. | ||
Increasing concerns about privacy have greatly limited the accessibility of the current electoral roll in recent years. Indeed the Australian Electoral Commission have changed their access rules quite a lot over the past few years because of the competing tensions between privacy and the need for public access to ensure the integrity of the electoral roll. As a result, state libraries are one of the few organisations apart from the Australian Electoral Commission itself who are allowed to have a copy of the current electoral roll. | Increasing concerns about privacy and identity fraud have greatly limited the accessibility of the current electoral roll in recent years. Indeed the Australian Electoral Commission have changed their access rules quite a lot over the past few years because of the competing tensions between privacy and the need for public access to ensure the integrity of the electoral roll. As a result, state libraries are one of the few organisations apart from the Australian Electoral Commission itself who are allowed to have a copy of the current electoral roll. | ||
Because of the privacy considerations, the current electoral rolls has only the person's name and address, nothing more. Also people can request to have a "silent" entry if they can claim that they would be at risk if their address were to be published on the electoral roll (typically this is celebrities and people who are fleeing from abusive relationships). | Because of the privacy considerations, the current electoral rolls has only the person's name and address, nothing more. Also people can request to have a "silent" entry if they can claim that they would be at risk if their address were to be published on the electoral roll (typically this is celebrities and people who are fleeing from abusive relationships). | ||
Although the current electoral roll can be accessed at some Australian Electoral Commission offices, some family historians have reported being "discouraged" by AEC staff from accessing the roll at the AEC offices, but there appears to be no "discouragements" at Queensland State Library. <!--{ | Although the current electoral roll can be accessed at some Australian Electoral Commission offices, some family historians have reported being "discouraged" by AEC staff from accessing the roll at the AEC offices, but there appears to be no "discouragements" at Queensland State Library. <!--{12094218221441} --> | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||