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Elon Musk’s Starlink could be used to transmit Australian election voting results
(www.theguardian.com)
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In the article, the AEC says Starlink is only a backup.
Also, there's a lot of remote polling locations where the only options are satellite-based - so if they're planning to use the NBN satellites (Sky Muster), but a backup is required, Starlink makes sense for that.