Direct enrolment

The Australian Electoral Commission has estimated that about 1.5 million electors are missing from Australia's electoral roll, and 94,000 of those could be South Australians. Last week the federal parliament passed two pieces of legislation which will allow the Australian Electoral Commission to proactively add people to the electoral roll when they turn 18, and to update the electoral roll using data from government agencies instead of requiring electors to notify the Commission. Data matching is already used to keep the electoral roll up to date in New South Wales and Victoria