▁agreement ▁of ▁the ▁governor - general , ▁Major - General ▁Michael ▁J ef fer y , ▁to ▁dissol ve ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Representatives ▁and ▁hold ▁a ▁general ▁election ▁for ▁the ▁House ▁and ▁half ▁the ▁Senate ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁last ▁term ▁of ▁parliament ▁before ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁election , ▁the ▁dead line ▁for ▁new ▁vot er ▁en rol ment ▁was ▁brought ▁forward ▁from ▁ 7 ▁working ▁days ▁after ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁the ▁writ ▁to ▁the ▁same ▁day . ▁When ▁the ▁election ▁was ▁announced , ▁the ▁writ ▁was ▁not ▁issued ▁the ▁next ▁day , ▁but ▁on ▁the ▁following ▁Wed nes day . ▁This ▁kept ▁the ▁roll ▁open ▁for ▁three ▁days , ▁during ▁which ▁ 7 7 , 0 0 0 ▁en rol ment ▁add itions ▁were ▁processed . ▁ ▁E lection ▁campaign ▁ ▁Week ▁ 1 ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 4 ▁October , ▁Howard ▁announced ▁a ▁ 2 4 ▁November ▁election . ▁The ▁Co al ition ▁had ▁been ▁trailing ▁Labor ▁in ▁the ▁pol ls ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁and ▁most ▁p und its ▁predicted ▁that ▁Howard ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁re - elect ed . ▁ABC ▁Online ▁election ▁anal yst ▁Anton y ▁Green ▁noted ▁the ▁Co al ition ' s ▁numbers ▁were ▁similar ▁to ▁what ▁Labor ▁had ▁pol led ▁before ▁losing ▁power ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁▁ ▁His ▁theme ▁concentr ated ▁on ▁leadership , ▁stating ▁that ▁the ▁nation ▁" does ▁not ▁need ▁new ▁leadership , ▁it