Victorian Current Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 295

    (1)     A person must not during the hours of voting in respect of a voting centre—

        (a)     canvass for votes; or

        (b)     solicit the vote of any voter; or

        (c)     induce or attempt to induce any voter not to vote for a particular candidate; or

        (d)     induce or attempt to induce any voter not to vote at the election; or

        (e)     exhibit any notice or sign relating to the election which is not an official notice; or

        (f)     wear or display any badge, emblem or political slogan of any candidate or political party of any candidate if the person is employed as an election official or is a scrutineer in the performance of duties or the exercise of powers under this Act or the regulations—

within 3 metres of any entrance to or within the premises used as the voting centre.

Penalty:     5 penalty units.

    (2)     The person in charge of a voting centre may cause any area in the vicinity of the premises used as a voting centre to be delineated by notices, signs or other means, and that area is to be treated as the voting centre for the purposes of subsection (1).