Mr Snowdon said Territorians who live remotely or in town camps will have not have a voice in the upcoming same-sex marriage postal vote.

“Hundreds if not thousands of people are not on the electoral roll,” Mr Snowdon said.  

“I think anyone not on the electoral roll is going to have trouble.

“In many remote communities, they receive mail once a week so the capacity for correspondence becomes problematic.” 

For many Indigenous Australians, english is not their first language, and some do not speak it at all. 

“Hundreds if not thousands of people are disadvantaged by this,” Mr Snowdon said. 

“I think it is ludicrous.”

“I encourage people to enrol and vote yes,” he said.

About $122 million will be spent on the plebiscite, to see where Australia stands on changing Australia's Marriage Act to allow same-sex couples to marry.

Mr Snowdon said the money spent on “this hideous approach to marriage equality is the equivalent to 3.3 million visits to the GP, 1906 average teacher salaries and 5282 age pensions”. 

Mr Snowdon said most Aboriginal people living in remote communities do not have a mailbox.

“It is a job for the Australian Electoral Commission to educate people and they do not have the resources, their staff has been reduced from 15 to three. 

“It is all being run out of Brisbane now so that shows you the disregard the Turnbull Government has for people living in remote communities. 

A spokesman from the Australian Electoral Commission said “there are opportunities for people to enrol online or by picking up a form”.

“Over 20 AEC Indigenous and Community Engagement Officers, the majority of whom are Indigenous, deliver a range of services across Australia. The objectives of the program are increase enrolment, voter turnout, formality and knowledge of electoral processes for Indigenous Australians.

“The Australian Bureau of Statistics is facilitating access to the survey for all Australians so it is a job for them.

“They have been funded to undertake the event.” 

According to the ABS website “arrangements will be put in place to allow eligible Australians living in remote areas, those living overseas, those located in the Antarctic, Government personnel on overseas deployment, those unable to self-complete a paper form, or those without access to mail to have an opportunity to participate in the survey”.

“We are still working out the final details once they have been finalised they will be made public,” an ABS spokeswoman said.  

The Prime Minister has confirmed a majority ‘yes’ vote in the voluntary ballot would lead to a conscience vote in parliament.