Victorian Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 1

    (1)     The purpose of this Act is to reform the law relating to elections in Victoria.

    (2)     In outline this Act—

    •     establishes the Victorian Electoral Commission consisting of one member, the Electoral Commissioner;

    •     provides for the appointment of the Electoral Commissioner, the Deputy Electoral Commissioner, election managers and election officials and the employment of staff;

    •     sets out the Commission's responsibilities, functions and powers;

    •     sets out the enrolment process and provides for the collection and dissemination of enrolment information;

    •     provides for the registration of political parties;

    •     sets out election procedures and arrangements for holding elections;

    •     specifies who is entitled to vote and how voting may occur;

    •     provides for the scrutiny and counting of votes;

    •     provides for the Court of Disputed Returns;

    •     sets out offences, requires compulsory voting and enables the issuing of infringement notices;

    •     repeals provisions of The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1958 and consequentially amends certain other Acts;

    •     provides for election expenditure.

    (3)     Subsection (2) is intended only as a guide to readers as to the general scheme of this Act.