Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There have been provisions added to the act to allow for special ballots. This is similar to what we instituted for the last election, with special mail-in ballots, but we are not calling it mail-in ballots. There are special ballots that individuals can apply for and receive if they are not able to be in their constituency or in their home community. This would be for mail, as well. They can be hand-delivered. They can be provided to the returning officers rather than having them sent to the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer.
We have improved the accessibility for an individual who happens to have left the Territory for medical reasons on short notice and did not have the chance to vote before they left, so we have a provision that now enhances the availability of a ballot to anybody who falls within that category, Mr. Chairman.