How the ABS prepared for the same-s.ex marriage survey using the public cloud.
It was announced on September 7, 2017, that Australia would be participating in a non-binding postal survey on whether people of the same sex should be extended the right to marry.
Everyone who enrolled to vote in Australia was sent a form via post, with those out of the country or unable to complete the physical form given the option to respond online.
Unlike electoral voting, which is compulsory in Australia, responding to the same-sex marriage survey was voluntary, and the government did not know how many people were expected to provide a response.
Voting in Australia is usually conducted, or at least overseen, by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), which has the processes in place to conduct Australia-wide vote casting.
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