Voting in remote Central Australia can be a major challenge and turnout has always been poor, but voting officials hope this year will be different.
Corflute signs plastered with the grinning faces of would-be mayors are multiplying daily on almost every available patch of roadside across Alice Springs.Voter turnout across remote communities in the 2017 local government elections was just 36 per cent
That's not surprising given many only had a very slim window of time to vote — in some cases just half an hour. While none of the candidates are stationed outside the Ti Tree voting centre handing out 'how to vote' cards, it does not mean this election is not important. Jeff Aubrey was looking for work in high-performance sport in Adelaide last year but instead chose a "change of life" and moved to Ti Tree to take up a job with the Central Desert Regional Council.This week, he's also a polling officer.
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