Voters want more time to enrol: survey

  
A survey commissioned by activist group GetUp! shows that 96 per cent of Australians think the current law which gives people just one day to enroll once an election is called is not good enough.
  
Labor wants to extend the enrolment period to seven days but the opposition has refused to support the change.
  
The Senate is set to vote on the electoral reforms this week.
  
"Without the opposition's support, the government will need the vote of Family First senator Steve Fielding to pass the changes," GetUp! national director Simon Sheikh said.
  
Mr Sheikh urged Senator Fielding to support the changes.
  
"Senator Fielding can either vote to give hundreds of thousands of young Australians a chance to participate this election, or he can vote to keep them out of polling booths."
 
The Auspoll survey of 1,500 people also found that most Australians (71 per cent) believe Labor's electoral reforms don't go far enough.
 
Of those surveyed, 44 per cent think voters should have several weeks, and 27 per cent would prefer the roll stay open until election day.
  
"In the internet age, when we can process our banking, our taxes and our passports online, surely there's no excuse for Australia to be stuck with a 19th century model of enrolment," Mr Sheikh said.
  
Figures from the Australian Electoral Commission show more than 1.4 million Australians are not on the electoral roll, with 70 per cent of those missing aged 18-39.