{"id":"sr:electoral-regulations-2022","name":"Electoral Regulations 2022","slug":"electoral-regulations-2022","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"vic","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":183736,"registerId":"vic-sr:electoral-regulations-2022-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Electoral Regulations 2022","content":"Version No. 004\n\n**Electoral Regulations 2022**\n\n**S.R. No. 68/2022**\n\nVersion incorporating amendments as at  \n20 August 2023\n\n**TABLE OF PROVISIONS**\n\n*Regulation Page*\n\nPart 1—Preliminary 1\n\n1 Objectives 1\n\n2 Authorising provision 1\n\n3 Commencement 1\n\n4 Revocations 1\n\n5 Definitions 1\n\n6 Forms 2\n\nPart 2—Enrolment procedures and information 4\n\n7 Claim for enrolment or provisional enrolment 4\n\n8 Enrolment by physically incapacitated persons 4\n\n9 Processing of claims for enrolment and notices of change of address 5\n\n10 Application to be a general postal voter 6\n\n11 Processing of application to be a general postal voter 7\n\n12 Review and cancellation of designation as a general postal voter 7\n\n13 Request for address of an elector's principal place of residence not to be shown on electoral roll 8\n\n14 Objection to a person's enrolment 8\n\n15 Notice of objection 8\n\nPart 3—Registration of political parties 9\n\n16 Political party registration form 9\n\n17 Confirmation of membership form 9\n\nPart 4—Election procedures 10\n\n18 Candidate nomination form 10\n\n19 How-to-vote card declaration 10\n\n20 Minimum size of logo, emblem or insignia 11\n\n21 Endorsement of how-to-vote cards 11\n\nPart 5—Voting 12\n\n22 Declaration as to identity 12\n\n23 Application to vote by post 12\n\n24 Postal voter declaration 12\n\n25 Receipt and forwarding of postal vote envelopes 12\n\n26 Forwarding of early votes 13\n\n27 Forwarding of early votes from Antarctica 13\n\n28 Application and declaration under section 108 14\n\n29 Forms of identification 14\n\n30 Statement of person's rights under section 108 15\n\n31 Determination of entitlement to be enrolled and vote 16\n\n32 Declaration of absent voter 16\n\n33 Forwarding of absent votes 17\n\n34 Declaration of elector claiming no ballot-paper received 17\n\nPart 6—Electronic voting at overseas or interstate early voting centres 18\n\n35 Electronic voting at overseas or interstate early voting centres 18\n\n36 Availability of electronic voting at overseas or interstate early voting centres 18\n\n37 Approval of computer program for electronic voting at overseas or interstate early voting centres 18\n\n38 Security arrangements for electronic voting at overseas or interstate early voting centres 20\n\n39 Ballot-papers for electronic voting at overseas or interstate early voting centres 20\n\n40 Voting process for electronic voting at overseas or interstate early voting centres 20\n\nPart 7—Election results 22\n\n41 Preliminary scrutiny of declaration votes—general 22\n\n42 Preliminary scrutiny of postal vote declarations 22\n\n43 Preliminary scrutiny of declarations under section 108 23\n\n44 Preliminary scrutiny of written absent declarations under section 109 23\n\n45 Preliminary scrutiny of declarations under section 110 24\n\n46 Extraction of ballot-papers from accepted declaration envelopes 24\n\n47 Ballot material to be secured and stored 25\n\nPart 8—Enforcement and offences 26\n\n48 Notice to elector who has apparently failed to vote 26\n\n49 Reply to notice by elector 26\n\nPart 9—General 27\n\n50 Access to electronic assisted voting 27\n\n52 Emergency determination 27\n\n53 Official mark on ballot-papers 29\n\n54 Exhibit of notice or sign within 100 metres of entrance to voting centre 29\n\nPart 10—Political donations disclosure and reporting scheme 30\n\n55 Principles for determining amount or value of gifts other than money 30\n\n56 Register of Agents 30\n\n57 Confidential information 31\n\nPart 11—Saving and transitional provisions 32\n\n58 Use of forms prescribed under Electoral Regulations 2012 32\n\nSchedule 1 34\n\n═════════════\n\nEndnotes 64\n\n1 General information 64\n\n2 Table of Amendments 66\n\n3 Explanatory details 67\n\n**Version No.** **004**\n\n**Electoral Regulations 2022**\n\n**S.R. No. 68/2022**\n\nVersion incorporating amendments as at  \n20 August 2023\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n\t1 Objectives\n\nThe objectives of these Regulations are—\n\n(a) to facilitate the enrolment of electors and the conduct of parliamentary elections; and\n\n(b) to regulate the political donations disclosure scheme.\n\n\t2 Authorising provision\n\nThese Regulations are made under section 184 of the **Electoral Act 2002**.\n\n\t3 Commencement\n\nThese Regulations come into operation on 20 August 2022.\n\n\t4 Revocations\n\nThe following Regulations are **revoked**—\n\n(a) the Electoral Regulations 2012[[1]](#endnote-1);\n\n(b) the Electoral Amendment Regulations 2018[[2]](#endnote-2).\n\n\t5 Definitions\n\nIn these Regulations—\n\n***Australian driver licence*** has the same meaning as in the **Road Safety Act 1986**;\n\n***Australian learner permit*** has the same meaning as in the **Road Safety Act 1986**;\n\n***Australian passport*** means a passport issued under the Australian Passports Act 2005 of the Commonwealth;\n\n***declared emergency*** means any of the following—\n\n(a) an emergency in respect of which a national emergency is declared under section 11 of the National Emergency Declaration Act 2020 of the Commonwealth;\n\n(b) an emergency in respect of which a state of disaster is declared under section 23 of the **Emergency Management Act 1986**;\n\n(c) the action in respect of which the Governor in Council makes a proclamation of emergency under section 3 of the **Public Safety Preservation Act 1958**;\n\n***emergency declaration*** means a declaration or proclamation referred to in the definition of ***declared emergency***;\n\n***pandemic order*** has the same meaning as in the **Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008**;\n\n***the Act*** means the **Electoral Act 2002**.\n\n\t6 Forms\n\n(1) A reference to a Form is a reference to the appropriate form in Schedule 1.\n\n(2) If—\n\n(a) a document is required by the Act or these Regulations to be of a particular form; and\n\n(b) these Regulations prescribe that form—\n\nthe fact that the document contains a matter relating to the enrolment of an elector for Commonwealth purposes does not, by itself, mean that the document is not in accordance with the prescribed form.\n\nPart 2—Enrolment procedures and information\n\n\t7 Claim for enrolment or provisional enrolment\n\nFor the purposes of section 23 of the Act, a claim for enrolment or for provisional enrolment and an attestation as to the identity of the person completing the claim must be in accordance with Form A.\n\n\t8 Enrolment by physically incapacitated persons\n\n(1) If—\n\n(a) a person (the enrolling person) wishes to make a claim under section 23(1) or (2) of the Act for enrolment or for provisional enrolment; and\n\n(b) the enrolling person cannot sign the claim due to being physically incapacitated (whether permanently or temporarily); and\n\n(c) a registered medical practitioner has certified in writing that the enrolling person cannot sign the claim due to being physically incapacitated (whether permanently or temporarily)—\n\nthe enrolling person may complete, sign and forward the claim by having another person do so on the enrolling person's behalf and in accordance with the enrolling person's directions.\n\n(2) A claim that is made in accordance with subregulation (1) must, when forwarded to the Commission under section 23(1)(b) or (2)(b) of the Act, be accompanied by the certificate referred to in subregulation (1)(c).\n\n(3) If—\n\n(a) a person (the enrolled person) is required, under section 23(4) of the Act, to notify the Commission in writing of the person's new address; and\n\n(b) the enrolled person cannot notify the Commission due to being physically incapacitated (whether permanently or temporarily); and\n\n(c) another person has been appointed with a general non-enduring power of attorney, or an enduring power of attorney, of the enrolled person under the **Powers of Attorney Act 2014**; and\n\n(d) that other person signs a statutory declaration stating that the enrolled person cannot notify the Commission due to being physically incapacitated (whether permanently or temporarily)—\n\nthe enrolled person may notify the Commission by having that other person do so on the enrolled person's behalf and in accordance with the enrolled person's directions.\n\n(4) If the Commission is to be notified of a change of address in accordance with subregulation (3), the notice must, when forwarded to the Commission as described in section 23(5)(b) of the Act, be accompanied by the statutory declaration referred to in subregulation (3)(d).\n\n\t9 Processing of claims for enrolment and notices of change of address\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 23(6) of the Act, if the Commission receives a claim for enrolment under section 23(1) or (2) of the Act, the Commission must—\n\n(a) record the date of receipt; and\n\n(b) if the Commission is satisfied that the person is entitled to be enrolled—\n\n(i) enter on the register of electors the name of the person and particulars relating to the person; and\n\n(ii) ensure that the person is notified in writing of whichever particulars of their enrolment the Commission determines relevant for this purpose.\n\n**Note**\n\nSection 23(7) of the Act provides what must occur if the Commission rejects a claim for enrolment.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 23(6) of the Act, if the Commission receives a notice of a change of an elector's address under section 23(4) of the Act, the Commission must—\n\n(a) record the date of receipt; and\n\n(b) if the Commission is satisfied that the notice is correct—\n\n(i) change the person's address on the register in accordance with the notice; and\n\n(ii) ensure that the person is notified in writing of the relevant particulars of their enrolment, as determined by the Commission.\n\n\t10 Application to be a general postal voter\n\nThe application form to be used by—\n\n(a) an elector applying to be a general postal voter under section 24(1) of the Act; or\n\n(b) a person applying on behalf of an elector for that elector to be a general postal voter under section 24(2) of the Act—\n\nmust be in accordance with Form B.\n\n**Note**\n\nSection 24(6) of the Act provides what must occur if the Commission rejects an application to be a general postal voter.\n\n\t11 Processing of application to be a general postal voter\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 24(5) of the Act, an application to be a general postal voter must be lodged with the Commission in a manner that has been—\n\n(a) approved by the Commission; and\n\n(b) made available to the members of the public.\n\n(2) If the Commission receives an application to be a general postal voter under section 24(1) or (2) of the Act, the Commission must record the date of receipt.\n\n(3) If the Commission is satisfied that an applicant to be a general postal voter is enrolled and is eligible to be a general postal voter, the Commission must—\n\n(a) record on the register of electors that the applicant is a general postal voter; and\n\n(b) notify the applicant in writing of the decision to accept the application.\n\n\t12 Review and cancellation of designation as a general postal voter\n\nFor the purposes of section 27 of the Act, the Commission—\n\n(a) may from time to time review the eligibility of general postal voters to be general postal voters; and\n\n(b) if satisfied that a general postal voter has ceased to be eligible to be a general postal voter, must cancel the elector's designation as a general postal voter on the register of electors; and\n\n(c) must notify an elector in writing of any cancellation of the elector's designation as a general postal voter, except if the Commission is satisfied that the elector has died.\n\n\t13 Request for address of an elector's principal place of residence not to be shown on electoral roll\n\nFor the purposes of section 31(1) of the Act, a request for the address of an elector's principal place of residence not to be shown on any electoral roll must be in accordance with Form C.\n\n\t14 Objection to a person's enrolment\n\nFor the purposes of section 38(2) of the Act, an objection to the enrolment of a person must be in accordance with Form D.\n\n\t15 Notice of objection\n\nFor the purposes of section 39(2) of the Act, notice to a person of an objection to the person's enrolment must be in accordance with Form E.\n\nPart 3—Registration of political parties\n\n\t16 Political party registration form\n\nAn application to the Commission under section 45(1) of the Act for the registration of a political party must be made in accordance with Form F.\n\n\t17 Confirmation of membership form\n\nThe Commission may send a form, in accordance with Form G, to a person listed under section 45(2)(f) of the Act for the purposes of confirming the person is—\n\n(a) an elector; and\n\n(b) a member, in accordance with the rules of the political party in relation to which they were listed, of that political party; and\n\n(c) not a member of another political party.\n\nPart 4—Election procedures\n\n\t18 Candidate nomination form\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 69(2) of the Act, the nomination of a candidate endorsed by a registered political party must be made in accordance with Form H.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 69(3) of the Act, the nomination of a candidate not endorsed by a registered political party must be made in accordance with Form I.\n\n\t19 How-to-vote card declaration\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 77(2) and 78(2) of the Act—\n\n(a) a person submitting a single how-to-vote card or a combined how-to-vote card, as defined under section 78(3)(a) and (c) of the Act, to an election manager or the Commission for registration by the Commission must make a declaration in accordance with Form J; and\n\n(b) a person submitting a multiple how-to-vote card, as defined under section 78(3)(b) of the Act, to the Commission for registration by the Commission must make a declaration in accordance with Form K.\n\n(2) A person submitting under section 77(1) or 78(1) of the Act a how-to-vote card that contains a section in a language other than English must include with the submitted card—\n\n(a) an accurate translation into English of the section in a language other than English; and\n\n(b) a declaration that the translation is fair in accordance with Form J or Form K, as the case requires.\n\n\t20 Minimum size of logo, emblem or insignia\n\nFor the purposes of sections 79(2)(b) and 80(4)(b) of the Act, the relevant prescribed size is four square centimetres.\n\n\t21 Endorsement of how-to-vote cards\n\nFor the purposes of sections 79(2)(e) and 80(4)(e) of the Act, a how-to-vote card submitted for registration by the Commission must be endorsed at the foot of the card as follows—\n\n\"Registered by the Victorian Electoral Commission\".\n\nPart 5—Voting\n\n\t22 Declaration as to identity\n\nFor the purposes of section 91(1) of the Act, a declaration as to identity must be in accordance with Form L.\n\n\t23 Application to vote by post\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 101(2) of the Act, the application form to be used by an elector applying to vote by post in writing must be in accordance with Form M.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 101(2A) of the Act, the application form to be used by an elector applying to vote by post by electronic means must be in accordance with Form M.\n\n\t24 Postal voter declaration\n\nFor the purposes of section 104 of the Act, a postal voter declaration must be in accordance with Form N.\n\n\t25 Receipt and forwarding of postal vote envelopes\n\n(1) If an envelope is received in accordance with section 106 of the Act having been posted or delivered to the Commission before 6 p.m. on election day, the Commission must record that it has received the envelope and the date on which this occurred.\n\n(2) If an envelope is received in accordance with section 106 of the Act having been delivered to an election official at a voting centre before 6 p.m. on election day, the election official must—\n\n(a) endorse the envelope with the place and date of receipt; and\n\n(b) sign the envelope; and\n\n(c) place the envelope in a sealed ballot box.\n\n(3) The Commission must ensure that each envelope received in accordance with section 106 of the Act having been posted or delivered to the Commission before 6 p.m. on election day is forwarded unopened to the election manager responsible for the preliminary scrutiny and counting of postal votes for the region or district to which the envelope relates.\n\n(4) The election official in charge of a voting centre must ensure that each envelope received in accordance with section 106 of the Act having been delivered to the voting centre before 6 p.m. on election day is forwarded unopened to the election manager responsible for the preliminary scrutiny and counting of postal votes for the region or district to which the envelope relates.\n\n\t26 Forwarding of early votes\n\nAfter 6 p.m. on election day, an election manager or election official in charge of an early voting centre must forward each ballot-paper deposited in a ballot-box kept at that centre under section 99(3) of the Act to the election manager appointed for the election for the region or district to which the ballot-paper relates.\n\n\t27 Forwarding of early votes from Antarctica\n\n(1) Before 6 p.m. on election day, an Antarctic elector who has voted must transmit electronically their completed ballot-paper to the Commission.\n\n(2) On receipt of a ballot-paper transmitted under subregulation (1), the Commission must forward the ballot-paper to the election manager appointed for the election for the region or district to which the ballot-paper relates.\n\n\t28 Application and declaration under section 108\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 108(1)(b) and (c) of the Act, an enrolment application and a declaration of a person whose name is not, or cannot be found, on an electoral roll and who claims to be entitled to vote must be printed on an envelope in accordance with Form O.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 108(2) of the Act, the declaration must be in accordance with the declaration in Form O.\n\n\t29 Forms of identification\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 108(1)(d)(i) of the Act, a prescribed form of identification is any of the following—\n\n(a) an Australian driver licence or an Australian learner permit;\n\n(b) an Australian passport;\n\n(c) a current rates notice issued by a Council within the meaning of the **Local Government Act 2020**;\n\n(d) a current electricity account from a distribution company within the meaning of the **Electricity Industry Act 2000**.\n\n(2) On and after 4 April 2023, each of the following is also a prescribed form of identification for the purposes of section 108(1)(d)(i) of the Act—\n\n(a) a current gas account from a gas distribution company within the meaning of the **Gas Industry Act 2001**;\n\n(b) a current water account from a body that is part of the regulated water industry within the meaning of the **Water Industry Act 1994**.\n\n(3) For the purposes of section 108(1)(d)(ii) of the Act, the prescribed list of service providers to enable identification of a person is the following—\n\n(a) if a place is appointed by the Commission as a mobile voting centre under section 65 of the Act, an entity that operates at that place to provide services to any person at that place;\n\n(b) the Secretary within the meaning of the **Road Safety Act 1986**;\n\n(c) a Council within the meaning of the **Local Government Act 2020**;\n\n(d) a distribution company within the meaning of the **Electricity Industry Act 2000** or a retailer within the meaning of that Act.\n\n(4) On and after 4 April 2023, each of the following is also included in the prescribed list of service providers for the purposes of section 108(1)(d)(ii) of the Act—\n\n(a) a gas distribution company within the meaning of the **Gas Industry Act 2001**;\n\n(b) a body that is a part of the regulated water industry within the meaning of the **Water Industry Act 1994**.\n\n\t30 Statement of person's rights under section 108\n\nFor the purposes of section 108(3) of the Act, the written statement setting out a person's rights must be in accordance with the statement contained in Form O.\n\n\t31 Determination of entitlement to be enrolled and vote\n\n(1) After 6 p.m. on election day, the election official in charge of a voting centre must ensure that—\n\n(a) any enrolment applications and accompanying declarations completed and signed under section 108(1)(b) and (c) of the Act, and returned to an election official at the voting centre, are forwarded or transferred electronically to the Commission; and\n\n(b) each fastened envelope containing a ballot‑paper that is deposited in a ballot-box at the voting centre under section 108(6) of the Act is forwarded to the election manager appointed for the election for the region or district to which the ballot-paper relates.\n\n(2) If the Commission receives an enrolment application from a person under section 108 of the Act and the Commission is satisfied that the person is entitled to be enrolled, the Commission must—\n\n(a) enter on the register of electors the name of that person and particulars relating to the person; and\n\n(b) advise the person in writing that the person has been registered on the register of electors.\n\n(3) The Commission must forward a report on the applicant's entitlement to vote to the election manager appointed for the election for the region or district to which the applicant's vote relates.\n\n\t32 Declaration of absent voter\n\nFor the purposes of section 109(5) of the Act, the declaration of an absent voter must be printed on an envelope in accordance with Form P.\n\n\t33 Forwarding of absent votes\n\n(1) After 6 p.m. on election day, the election manager must ensure that each absent vote deposited in a ballot-box that is located in the region or district for the election for which they are appointed is forwarded to the election manager appointed for the election for the region or district to which the absent vote relates.\n\n(2) An absent vote deposited in a ballot-box under section 109(8)(b) of the Act must be forwarded under subregulation (1) in the fastened envelope in which it was deposited.\n\n\t34 Declaration of elector claiming no ballot-paper received\n\nFor the purposes of section 110(1) of the Act, the declaration of an elector who claims not to have received a ballot-paper must be printed on an envelope in accordance with Form P.\n\nPart 6—Electronic voting at overseas or interstate early voting centres\n\n\t35 Electronic voting at overseas or interstate early voting centres\n\nFor the purposes of section 100(3) of the Act, the procedures applying for electronic voting at overseas or interstate early voting centres appointed by the Commission under section 100(1) of the Act are the procedures set out in this Part.\n\n\t36 Availability of electronic voting at overseas or interstate early voting centres\n\nElectronic voting may be made available at an overseas or interstate early voting centre which is designated by the Commission as an electronic voting centre under section 110C of the Act.\n\n\t37 Approval of computer program for electronic voting at overseas or interstate early voting centres\n\n(1) The Commission may approve a computer program to enable electronic voting in accordance with this Part if the Commission is satisfied that all of the following criteria are met—\n\n(a) the proper use of the computer program will give the same result in the recording of votes in an election as would be obtained if no computer program was used in the recording of votes;\n\n(b) the computer program will enable a visual display or auditory description of the ballot‑paper (including the names and order of the candidates and other details about the candidates as they appear on the ballot‑paper) and voting instructions to be provided to an elector so that the elector may vote using a touch screen or a keypad;\n\n(c) the computer program will enable an elector—\n\n(i) to select consecutive preferences beginning with the figure \"1\"; or\n\n(ii) in the case of an election for the Legislative Council, to select only one party or group in accordance with section 93A(2)(a) of the Act;\n\n(d) the computer program allows an elector to correct a mistake before the vote is processed by the computer program;\n\n(e) the computer program allows an elector to give an informal vote by selecting no preferences for any candidate or by voting for less than the number of vacancies to be filled at the election;\n\n(f) the computer program allows an elector to abandon for any reason the electronic ballot‑paper without completing the vote;\n\n(g) the computer program can produce a paper record of each vote cast using an electronic ballot-paper to enable the counting of votes in the election;\n\n(h) the computer program will prevent any person from ascertaining the vote of a particular elector.\n\n(2) The Commission may approve a process for entering preferences into the computer program approved under subregulation (1).\n\n\t38 Security arrangements for electronic voting at overseas or interstate early voting centres\n\nThe Commission must ensure that arrangements are in place to ensure that—\n\n(a) computer programs and electronic devices used or intended to be used for or in connection with electronic voting in accordance with this Part are kept secure from interference; and\n\n(b) the integrity of voting is maintained while electronic voting is being used.\n\n\t39 Ballot-papers for electronic voting at overseas or interstate early voting centres\n\n(1) For the purposes of this Part, a ballot-paper prepared under section 74 of the Act may be in an electronic form.\n\n(2) The Commission may approve changes to the electronic form of the ballot-paper which are necessary to facilitate the visual display or auditory description of the electronic form.\n\n(3) The Commission may approve changes to the form of the ballot-paper printed from the ballot‑paper in an electronic form.\n\n\t40 Voting process for electronic voting at overseas or interstate early voting centres\n\n(1) Subject to subregulation (2), an election official must ask a person claiming to vote by electronic voting in accordance with this Part the following questions—\n\n(a) What is your full name?\n\n(b) Where do you live?\n\n(c) Have you voted before in this election?\n\n(2) The election official must not ask the question specified in subregulation (1)(b) if the elector is a silent elector or an itinerant elector.\n\n(3) The election official must reject a person's claim to vote by electronic voting in accordance with this Part if the person—\n\n(a) refuses to answer fully the questions asked; or\n\n(b) answers the question specified in subregulation (1)(c) in the affirmative.\n\n(4) The election official must not reject a claim to vote by electronic voting in accordance with this Part as a result of any mistake in the electoral roll if the voter is sufficiently identified in the opinion of the election official.\n\n(5) For the purposes of section 92 of the Act, a person entitled to vote in accordance with this Part may be given access to an electronic ballot-paper.\n\n(6) If an elector given access to an electronic ballot‑paper has complied with the voting instructions provided and the vote is processed by the computer program, the elector is to be taken for the purposes of sections 93 and 93A of the Act to have marked the elector's vote on the ballot‑paper in accordance with those sections.\n\n(7) For the purposes of section 93(6) of the Act, an elector using electronic voting is to be taken to have deposited the elector's vote in the ballot-box when the elector submits the elector's electronic ballot-paper using the computer program approved under this Part.\n\nPart 7—Election results\n\n\t41 Preliminary scrutiny of declaration votes—general\n\nFor the purposes of section 111(2) of the Act, the election manager must conduct the preliminary scrutiny of declaration votes no earlier than 8 a.m. on the Monday immediately before election day—\n\n(a) with the assistance of as many election officials as are necessary; and\n\n(b) in the presence of any scrutineers who choose to be present; and\n\n(c) in the presence of any person authorised by the Commission to be present.\n\n\t42 Preliminary scrutiny of postal vote declarations\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 111(2) of the Act, the election manager must conduct the preliminary scrutiny of postal vote declarations in accordance with this regulation.\n\n(2) The election manager must, except in the case of a declaration of a general postal voter, complete a verification process to ensure the elector signing each postal vote declaration is the applicant.\n\n(3) A postal vote declaration returned by a postal voter or a general postal voter under section 106 of the Act must be accepted for further scrutiny if the election manager is satisfied that—\n\n(a) the elector verification process has been completed; and\n\n(b) the declaration has been witnessed by an authorised witness; and\n\n(c) the voter is enrolled for the address marked on the application or is entitled to be so enrolled.\n\n(4) If the election manager is not satisfied under subregulation (3), the ballot-paper must be disallowed without opening the envelope.\n\n\t43 Preliminary scrutiny of declarations under section 108\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 111(2) of the Act, the election manager must conduct preliminary scrutiny of a declaration in relation to a provisional vote cast under section 108(2) of the Act in accordance with this regulation.\n\n(2) A ballot-paper marked by a voter under section 108 of the Act must be accepted for further scrutiny if the election manager is satisfied that—\n\n(a) the voter is entitled to be enrolled for the address claimed or omitted from the roll in error; and\n\n(b) the declaration has been properly completed.\n\n(3) If the election manager is not satisfied under subregulation (2), the ballot-paper must be disallowed without opening the envelope.\n\n\t44 Preliminary scrutiny of written absent declarations under section 109\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 111(2) of the Act, the election manager must conduct preliminary scrutiny of a written declaration in relation to an absent vote cast under section 109(7) of the Act in accordance with this regulation.\n\n(2) A ballot-paper marked by an absent voter under section 109 of the Act must be accepted for further scrutiny and the absent voter must be recorded on the electoral roll as having voted if the election manager is satisfied that—\n\n(a) the absent voter was, at the close of the roll for the election, enrolled for the address claimed or omitted from the roll in error; and\n\n(b) the declaration has been properly completed.\n\n(3) If the election manager is not satisfied under subregulation (2), the ballot-paper must be disallowed without opening the envelope.\n\n\t45 Preliminary scrutiny of declarations under section 110\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 111(2) of the Act, the election manager must conduct preliminary scrutiny of a declaration in relation to a vote cast under section 110 of the Act in accordance with this regulation.\n\n(2) A ballot-paper marked by an elector referred to in section 110 of the Act must be accepted for further scrutiny if the election manager is satisfied that—\n\n(a) the name of the elector was marked on the electoral roll in error; and\n\n(b) the declaration has been properly completed.\n\n(3) If the election manager is not satisfied under subregulation (2), the ballot-paper must be disallowed without opening the envelope.\n\n\t46 Extraction of ballot-papers from accepted declaration envelopes\n\nFor the purposes of section 111(2) of the Act, the election manager must—\n\n(a) when extracting the ballot-papers from the accepted declaration envelopes, ensure that no person can discover how an elector has voted; and\n\n(b) keep the ballot-papers secure for further scrutiny; and\n\n(c) ensure sorting and counting of ballot-papers does not commence until after the close of voting.\n\n\t47 Ballot material to be secured and stored\n\nFor the purposes of section 122 of the Act, the election manager must, after the close of voting—\n\n(a) enclose in one or more boxes—\n\n(i) all used ballot-papers; and\n\n(ii) all unused ballot-papers; and\n\n(iii) all ballot-papers marked as spoiled or discarded; and\n\n(iv) all postal vote applications; and\n\n(v) all used declaration envelopes (both those accepted and those rejected); and\n\n(vi) all copies of the electoral roll and other papers used in connection with the election; and\n\n(b) secure the boxes; and\n\n(c) write on each box—\n\n(i) a description of the contents; and\n\n(ii) the name of the relevant district or region; and\n\n(iii) the date of the election; and\n\n(iv) their signature; and\n\n(d) sort the boxes into parcels and deliver the parcels to the Commission to be kept safely until the completion of any proceedings in the Court of Disputed Returns.\n\nPart 8—Enforcement and offences\n\n\t48 Notice to elector who has apparently failed to vote\n\nFor the purposes of section 163(1) of the Act, the notice must be in accordance with Form Q.\n\n\t49 Reply to notice by elector\n\nFor the purposes of section 164 of the Act, the form of reply of any elector to the notice must be in accordance with Form Q.\n\nPart 9—General\n\n\t50 Access to electronic assisted voting\n\nFor the purposes of section 110G of the Act, the following are prescribed eligible classes of electors who can access electronic assisted voting—\n\n(a) electors who otherwise cannot vote without assistance because of blindness or low vision;\n\n(b) electors who otherwise cannot vote without assistance because of a motor impairment;\n\n(c) electors who—\n\n(i) belong to a class specified in a determination under regulation 52 that is in force; and\n\n(ii) are unable to travel to a voting centre to vote because of the declared emergency to which the determination relates.\n\nReg. 51 revoked by S.R. No. 68/2022 reg. 51(4).\n\n* * * * *\n\nReg. 51A inserted by S.R. No. 127/2022 reg. 4, revoked by S.R. No. 68/2022 reg. 51A(10).\n\n* * * * *\n\n\t52 Emergency determination\n\nReg. 52(1) amended by S.R. No. 127/2022 reg. 5(1).\n\n(1) The Commission may make a determination specifying a class of electors for the purposes of regulation 50(c) if—\n\n(a) an emergency declaration is in force; and\n\nReg. 52(1)(b) amended by S.R. No. 127/2022 reg. 5(1).\n\n(b) the Commission considers that electors of that class may be unable to travel to a voting centre to vote because of the declared emergency to which the emergency declaration relates; and\n\nReg. 52(1)(c) amended by S.R. No. 127/2022 reg. 5(1).\n\n(c) the Commission considers that the Commission has the ability to deliver electronic assisted voting to electors of that class.\n\nReg. 52(2) amended by S.R. No. 127/2022 reg. 5(1).\n\n(2) Before making a determination under subregulation (1), the Commission may consult with any person the Commission considers appropriate, including the Emergency Management Commissioner within the meaning of the **Emergency Management Act 2013**.\n\nReg. 52(3) amended by S.R. No. 127/2022 reg. 5(1).\n\n(3) In considering whether to make a determination under subregulation (1), the Commission may have regard to any other matter the Commission considers relevant, including the staff and resources of the Commission available to provide electronic assisted voting at a particular place or places, or time or times.\n\n(4) A determination under subregulation (1) must specify—\n\n(a) the declared emergency to which the determination relates; and\n\n(b) the class of electors to whom it applies (which may be by reference to activity, characteristics, location, or circumstances at one or more particular points in time); and\n\n(c) the day and time on which the determination commences, and the day and time on which it ceases to apply; and\n\n(d) the reasons for making the determination.\n\nReg. 52(5) amended by S.R. No. 127/2022 reg. 5(1).\n\n(5) As soon as practicable after making a determination under subregulation (1), the Commission must arrange for a notice of that determination (including the information set out in subregulation (4)) to be published—\n\nReg. 52(5)(a) amended by S.R. No. 127/2022 reg. 5(2).\n\n(a) on an Internet site maintained by the Commission; and\n\n(b) in the Government Gazette.\n\n\t53 Official mark on ballot-papers\n\nFor the purposes of section 112(1)(b) of the Act, the prescribed official mark to be borne by ballot‑papers is—\n\n(a) a water mark in the paper as approved by the Commission; or\n\n(b) an overprinting of the paper in a particular manner approved by the Commission, and the use of words, a design or a logo approved by the Commission; or\n\n(c) a unique print identification number.\n\n\t54 Exhibit of notice or sign within 100 metres of entrance to voting centre\n\nFor the purposes of section 158A(4)(b) of the Act, a registered how-to-vote card is a prescribed other thing or item to which section 158A(2) of the Act does not apply.\n\nPart 10—Political donations disclosure and reporting scheme\n\n\t55 Principles for determining amount or value of gifts other than money\n\nFor the purposes of section 206(1A) of the Act, the value of a gift, other than money, will be determined in accordance with—\n\n(a) the principle that the amount or value of the gift is the fair market value of the gift; and\n\n(b) the principle that an explanation should be provided to the Commission to support the determination of the amount or value of the gift (and that amount or value should reflect the explanation).\n\n\t56 Register of Agents\n\nFor the purposes of section 207A of the Act, the prescribed details to be contained in the Register of Agents for each person appointed as a registered agent under section 207E(1) of the Act are the following—\n\n(a) full name;\n\n(b) residential address;\n\n(c) telephone number;\n\n(d) email address;\n\n(e) preferred method of contact;\n\n(f) full name and address of the person or entity appointing the person as their agent in relation to the election.\n\n\t57 Confidential information\n\nFor the purposes of section 221A(2) of the Act, the street address (which does not include the suburb and state) of a natural person who is not a silent elector is confidential information.\n\nPart 11—Saving and transitional provisions\n\n\t58 Use of forms prescribed under Electoral Regulations 2012\n\n(1) Despite regulation 7, for the purposes of section 23 of the Act, a claim for enrolment or for provisional enrolment and an attestation as to the identity of the person completing the claim may, until 30 June 2023, be in accordance with Form A in the old Schedule.\n\n(2) Despite regulation 10—\n\n(a) for the purposes of section 24(1) of the Act, the application form to be used by an elector applying to be a general postal voter may, until 30 June 2023, be in accordance with Form B in the old Schedule; and\n\n(b) for the purposes of section 24(2) of the Act, the application form to be used by a person applying on behalf of an elector for that elector to be a general postal voter may, until 30 June 2023, be in accordance with Form B in the old Schedule.\n\n(3) Despite regulation 13, for the purposes of section 31(1) of the Act, a request for the address of an elector's principal place of residence not to be shown on any electoral roll may, until 30 June 2023, be in accordance with Form C in the old Schedule.\n\n(4) Despite regulation 14, for the purposes of section 38(2) of the Act, an objection to the enrolment of a person may, until 30 June 2023, be in accordance with Form D in the old Schedule.\n\n(5) Despite regulation 22, for the purposes of section 91 of the Act, a declaration as to identity may, until 27 November 2022, be in accordance with Form I in the old Schedule.\n\n(6) Despite regulation 24, for the purposes of section 104 of the Act, a postal voter declaration form may, until 3 April 2023, be in accordance with Form K in the old Schedule.\n\n(7) Despite regulation 28—\n\n(a) for the purposes of section 108(1)(b) and (c) of the Act, an enrolment application and a declaration of a person whose name is not, or cannot be found, on an electoral roll and who claims to be entitled to vote may, until 3 April 2023, be printed on an envelope in accordance with Form L in the old Schedule; and\n\n(b) for the purposes of section 108(2) of the Act, the declaration may, until 3 April 2023, be in accordance with the declaration in Form L in the old Schedule.\n\n(8) Despite regulation 32, for the purposes of section 109(5) of the Act, the declaration of an absent voter may, until 3 April 2023, be printed on an envelope in accordance with Form M in the old Schedule.\n\n(9) In this regulation—\n\n***old Schedule*** means the Schedule to the Electoral Regulations 2012 as in force immediately before those Regulations were revoked.\n\nSchedule 1\n\nForm A\n\nRegulation 7\n\n**ELECTORAL ENROLMENT FORM**\n\nDETAILS OF APPLICANT\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nFamily name:\n\nCurrent residential address:\n\nPostal address (leave blank if the same as residential address):\n\nMobile phone number (if any):\n\nAlternative phone number (if any):\n\nEmail address (if any):\n\nGender:\n\nDate of birth:\n\nI am an Australian citizen by birth: YES/NO\n\nState or Territory of birth:\n\nTown of birth:\n\nI am an Australian citizen by birth and I have not renounced my citizenship? YES/NO\n\nI have become an Australian citizen: YES/NO\n\nCitizenship certificate number:\n\nCountry of birth:\n\nName on citizenship certificate:\n\nI am a qualified British subject*: YES/NO\n\nName on 25 January 1984:\n\nCountry of birth:\n\nFormer given name(s), if any:\n\nFormer family name, if any:\n\nImmediate former residential address, if any:\n\nDeclaration by applicant:\n\n- I am eligible to enrol at my residential address and claim enrolment for elections in Victoria; and\n- The information I have given on this form is true and correct; and\n- I understand that giving false or misleading information is a serious offence.\n\n\nSignature of applicant:\n\nDate:\n\nEvidence of identity of the applicant:\n\nComplete ONE option only\n\n| Australian driver licence/ learner permit | Number: | State or Territory: |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Australian passport | Number: |  |\n\n\nDeclaration by person confirming identity:\n\n- I am on the Victorian Register of Electors and/or the Commonwealth electoral roll for Victoria; and\n- I confirm the identity of the applicant; and\n- The information provided is correct.\n\n\nDETAILS OF PERSON CONFIRMING IDENTITY\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nFamily name:\n\nAddress (enrolled or other):\n\nDate of birth:\n\nSignature of the person confirming identity:\n\nDate:\n\n* A qualified British subject is a person who is a British subject and was enrolled on a Commonwealth electoral roll between 26 October 1983 and 25 January 1984, inclusive.\n\nForm B\n\nRegulation 10\n\n**APPLICATION TO BE A GENERAL POSTAL VOTER**\n\nDETAILS OF APPLICANT\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nFamily name:\n\nEnrolled address:\n\nPostal address (leave blank if the same as enrolled address):\n\nDate of birth:\n\nINDICATE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING APPLIES\n\nI apply to be a general postal voter for the following reason—\n\n- I am an elector whose principal place of residence is not within 20 kilometres by the nearest practicable route of an election day voting centre.\n- I am an elector who is entitled to be treated as an eligible overseas elector in accordance with section 94, 94A or 95 of the Electoral Act 1918 of the Commonwealth.\n- I am an elector who, because of serious illness or infirmity, is unable to travel to an election day voting centre.\n- I am an elector who, because of caring for a seriously ill or infirm person other than in a hospital, is unable to travel to an election day voting centre.\n- I am an elector who has attained 70 years of age.\n- I am an elector who is serving a sentence of imprisonment or is otherwise in lawful custody or detention.\n- I am an elector whose address has been excluded from any electoral roll under section 31 of the Act (silent elector).\n- I am an elector who, because of my religious beliefs or membership of a religious order, is precluded from attending an election day voting centre or is precluded from doing so for a greater part of the hours of voting.\n\n\nSignature of applicant:\n\nDate:\n\nOr, if a registered medical practitioner has certified in writing that the elector is so physically incapacitated that the elector could not sign their name\n\nSignature of person signing at the request and on behalf of the elector:\n\nDate:\n\nDETAILS OF PERSON SIGNING APPLICATION AT THE REQUEST AND ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nFamily name:\n\nResidential address:\n\nPostal address (leave blank if same as residential address):\n\nPhone number (optional):\n\nEmail address (optional):\n\nForm C\n\nRegulation 13\n\n**REQUEST BY ELECTOR FOR ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF RESIDENCE NOT TO BE SHOWN ON ELECTORAL ROLL**\n\nDETAILS OF PERSON MAKING REQUEST\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nFamily name:\n\nPrincipal place of residence:\n\nPostal address (leave blank if the same as principal place of residence):\n\nEmail address (if any):\n\nDate of birth:\n\nI request that the address of my principal place of residence not be shown on any electoral roll.\n\nHaving my residential address shown on any electoral roll places the personal safety of myself or members of my family at risk as declared on the statutory declaration accompanying this form.\n\nSignature of elector:\n\nDate:\n\nForm D\n\nRegulation 14\n\n**OBJECTION TO ENROLMENT OF A PERSON**\n\nDETAILS OF PERSON WHOSE ENROLMENT IS OBJECTED TO\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nFamily name:\n\nResidential address:\n\nEmail address (optional):\n\nGround for objection—\n\n- The person is not entitled to be enrolled; or\n- The address for which the person is enrolled is not the person's principal place of residence.\n\n\nDETAILS OF ELECTOR MAKING OBJECTION\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nFamily name:\n\nResidential address:\n\nDate of birth:\n\nSignature of elector:\n\nDate:\n\nForm E\n\nRegulation 15\n\n**NOTICE OF OBJECTION**\n\nGrounds for objection to enrolment of person:\n\nDETAILS OF PERSON WHOSE ENROLMENT IS OBJECTED TO\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nFamily name:\n\nResidential address:\n\nYour response must be received within 20 days after the posting of this notice. Your response will then be assessed. If no response is received, your name will be removed from the register of electors.\n\nVictorian Electoral Commission\n\nDate:\n\nForm F\n\nRegulation 16\n\n**APPLICATION TO REGISTER A POLITICAL PARTY**\n\nPROPOSED PARTICULARS OF POLITICAL PARTY\n\nTo be completed by the party secretary (however described)\n\nParty name:\n\nAbbreviation of party name (optional):\n\nInitials of party name (optional):\n\nPARTICULARS OF PROPOSED REGISTERED OFFICER AND DEPUTY REGISTERED OFFICER(S)\n\nTo be completed by the proposed registered officer\n\nFirst name:\n\nFamily name:\n\nAddress* (cannot be a post office box):\n\n* This address will be published in connection with the application and if registered, as the address of the political party.\n\nPostal address (if different):\n\nContact telephone number:\n\nContact email address:\n\nAcknowledgement by proposed registered officer:\n\nI acknowledge the requirements of registered officers under the **Electoral Act 2002**. I acknowledge that my name and address(es) will be published in connection with this application for registration of a political party and, should the political party be registered, my name and address will be published with the party's information on the register of political parties.\n\nSigned:\n\nDate:\n\nTo be completed by proposed deputy registered officer(s)\n\nFirst name:\n\nFamily name:\n\nAddress (cannot be a post office box):\n\nPostal address (if different):\n\nContact telephone number:\n\nContact email address:\n\nAcknowledgement by proposed deputy registered officer:\n\nI am aware of the requirements of registered officers under the **Electoral Act 2002** and I understand that I act for and on behalf of the registered officer whenever I am discharging the duties of the registered officer under section 44(2) of the **Electoral Act 2002**.\n\nSigned:\n\nDate:\n\nPARTICULARS OF PARTY SECRETARY AND APPLICATION\n\nTo be completed by the party secretary (however described)\n\nFirst name:\n\nFamily name:\n\nPosition in the party (i.e. 'secretary'):\n\nAddress (cannot be a post office box):\n\nPostal address (if different):\n\nContact telephone number:\n\nContact email address:\n\nPreferred method of contact in respect to the application:\n\nI am aware of the duties of a secretary (in relation to a political party) under the **Electoral Act 2002**, which involves responsibility for carrying out the administration and conducting the correspondence of a party.\n\nI make this application for the registration of [*insert name of political party*] as an eligible political party. I submit with this application the required documents.\n\nSigned:\n\nDate:\n\n**Requirements**\n\nThe following documents must be submitted with the application:\n\n- a copy of the constitution (however described) of the party;\n- a statutory declaration made by the party secretary, stating that the party has at least 500 persons who are:\n  - members of the party in accordance with the rules of the party; and\n  - electors in accordance with Part 3 of the **Electoral Act 2002**; and\n  - not members of a registered political party or another political party applying for registration under the **Electoral Act 2002**;\n- a list, in a form or format determined by the Victorian Electoral Commission, of the names and addresses of at least 500 members of the political party who meet the requirements as set out in the declaration of the party secretary;\n- payment of the prescribed fee of 50 fee units.\n\n\nThe statutory declaration made by the party secretary must be in the form required under section 30 of the **Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018**.\n\nIn accordance with section 45(1A) of the **Electoral Act 2002**, an application for the registration of a political party cannot be made during the period commencing 120 days before a general election held under the **Electoral Act 2002**, and cannot be made for 6 months after an application for registration of a political party has been refused by the Commission.\n\n**Offences**\n\nIt is an offence under section 148 of the **Electoral Act 2002**  to provide false or misleading information under the **Electoral Act 2002** or to make a statement knowing that it is false or misleading in a material particular in any declaration, application or claim under the **Electoral Act 2002**. Each offence carries a penalty of level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum) or level 6 fine (600 penalty units).\n\nIt is an offence under section 149 of the **Electoral Act 2002**  to forge any electoral paper, utter any forged electoral paper knowing it to be forged, or forge the signature of any person on any electoral paper. This offence carries a penalty of level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum) or level 6 fine (600 penalty units).\n\nForm G\n\nRegulation 17\n\n**CONFIRMATION BY ELIGIBLE MEMBER OF A POLITICAL PARTY**\n\nINFORMATION\n\nThe Victorian Electoral Commission has received an application from (political party name) ('the party') to register the party as a political party under the **Electoral Act 2002**.\n\nThe party has provided your name and address as a party member for the purpose of confirming the eligibility of the party for registration. The information in your response will not be disclosed or used in connection with any other purpose.\n\nDIRECTIONS\n\nAnswer the questions below by indicating in the relevant box.\n\nPrint your full name and address, as they appear on the electoral roll, and sign, date and return the form directly to the Victorian Electoral Commission.\n\nQUESTIONS\n\nAre you:\n\n- an elector (i.e. currently enrolled to vote for Victorian State elections)? (Yes/No)\n- a member of (political party name) in accordance with the rules of the party? (Yes/No)\n- a member of **only** the (political party name) (i.e. not a member of another registered political party or a member of a political party seeking for registration)? (Yes/No)\n\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nFamily name:\n\nEnrolled address:\n\nDate of birth:\n\nSignature:\n\nDate:\n\n**Offences**\n\nIt is an offence under section 149 of the **Electoral Act 2002**  to forge any electoral paper, utter any forged electoral paper knowing it to be forged, or forge the signature of any person on any electoral paper. This offence carries a penalty of level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum) or level 6 fine (600 penalty units).\n\nForm H\n\nRegulation 18(1)\n\n**NOMINATION OF A CANDIDATE FOR THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY/COUNCIL BY REGISTERED OFFICER OF PARTY ENDORSING CANDIDATE**\n\n**PART 1**\n\nTo the Victorian Electoral Commission\n\nI, [*insert name*], the registered officer of the [*insert name of registered political party*], nominate the person or persons named in Part 2 of this Form as a candidate or as candidates for election to the *Legislative Assembly/Council for the Electoral District(s)/Region(s) named in Part 2.\n\nSignature of registered officer:\n\nDate:\n\nForm in which registered political party's name is to appear on ballot-paper:\n\n**PART 2**\n\nCANDIDATE DETAILS\n\nFull name of candidate (as appears on the register of electors):\n\nDate of birth:\n\nEnrolled address:\n\nPostal address (leave blank if the same as enrolled address):\n\nEmail address:\n\nPhone number:\n\nAlternative phone number (optional):\n\nElectoral District/Region for which candidate is nominating:\n\nForm in which candidate's given name(s) and family name** is to be printed on the ballot-papers for the election:\n\nCandidate's contact person and their details***\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nFamily name:\n\nEmail address:\n\nPhone number:\n\nAlternative phone number (optional):\n\nPostal address (optional):\n\nI, [*insert name*], the candidate named above, consent to nomination as a candidate for election to the *Legislative Assembly/Council for the above electorate, and I declare that I am qualified under the **Constitution Act 1975** to be elected a member of the *Legislative Assembly/Council.\n\nSignature of candidate:\n\nDate:\n\n* Delete whichever is not applicable.\n\n**A given name(s) of a candidate can only vary from how their name appears on the electoral roll to the extent specified under section 69(5) of the **Electoral Act 2002**.\n\n*** The contact person's name and contact details will be published.\n\nForm I\n\nRegulation 18(2)\n\n**NOMINATION OF A CANDIDATE FOR THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY/COUNCIL BY ELECTOR**\n\n**PART 1**\n\nTo the Election Manager for the Electoral District/Region of [*insert name of District/Region*].\n\nWe are electors on the electoral roll for the above electorate and are entitled to vote at the election for a member of the *Legislative Assembly/Council for that electorate. We nominate the person named in Part 2 of this Form as a candidate for election to the *Legislative Assembly/Council for the above electorate.\n\nEach elector who nominates the person named in Part 1 of this Form must provide the following details:\n\n- Given name(s)\n- Family name\n- Enrolled address\n- Date of birth\n- Signature of elector\n- Date\n\n\nFor a candidate for the Legislative Assembly, 6 nominators are required.\n\nFor a candidate for the Legislative Council, 50 nominators are required.\n\n**PART 2**\n\nCANDIDATE DETAILS\n\nFull name of candidate (as appears on the register of electors):\n\nDate of birth:\n\nEnrolled address:\n\nPostal address (leave blank if the same as enrolled address):\n\nEmail address:\n\nPhone number:\n\nAlternative phone number (optional):\n\nForm in which candidate's given name(s)** is to be printed on the ballot‑papers for the election:\n\nCandidate's contact person and their details***\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nFamily name:\n\nPhone number:\n\nEmail address:\n\nAlternative phone number (optional):\n\nPostal address (optional):\n\nI, [*insert name*], the candidate named above, consent to nomination as a candidate for election to the *Legislative Assembly/Council for the above electorate, and I declare that I am qualified under the **Constitution Act 1975** to be elected a member of the *Legislative Assembly/Council.\n\nSignature of candidate:\n\nDate:\n\n* Delete whichever is not applicable.\n\n** A given name(s) of a candidate can only vary from how their name appears on the electoral roll to the extent specified under section 69(5) of the **Electoral Act 2002**.\n\n*** The contact person's name and contact details will be published.\n\nForm J\n\nRegulation 19(1)(a) and (2)\n\n**SINGLE OR COMBINED HOW-TO-VOTE CARD DECLARATION**\n\nDeclaration to be made by a person submitting a single or combined how‑to‑vote card/s for registration.\n\nI, [*insert full name*]\n\nof [*specify address, phone number, email address, and alternative phone number (if any) for contact purposes*]\n\n*declare that I am authorised to submit single how-to-vote card/s for registration on behalf of [*specify name of registered political party, person, organisation or group*]\n\nOR\n\n*declare that I am authorised to submit combined how-to-vote card/s for registration on behalf of [*specify name of registered political party*]\n\nCapacity in which I make this declaration:\n\n[*specify title e.g. candidate, party secretary, campaign official, etc.*]\n\nAND (if the how-to-vote card/s contains a section in a language other than English), I submit with the how-to-vote card/s a translation into English of the section in a language other than English, and I declare that the translation is a fair translation.\n\nI am aware that if I knowingly make a false statement in this declaration, I am liable to a penalty of level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum) or  \nlevel 6 fine (600 penalty units maximum).\n\nI am aware that the Victorian Electoral Commission must refuse to register a how-to-vote card if the Commission is satisfied that the card:\n\n- is likely to mislead or deceive an elector in casting the elector's vote; or\n- is likely to induce an elector to mark the vote of the elector otherwise than in accordance with the directions on the ballot-paper; or\n- contains offensive of obscene material.\n\n\nSignature:\n\nName of person witnessing declaration:\n\nDeclared before me on [*insert date*]\n\nSigned *Election Manager for [*electorate*]/*Victorian Electoral Commission\n\n* Delete whichever is not applicable.\n\nForm K\n\nRegulation 19(1)(b) and (2)\n\n**MULTIPLE HOW-TO-VOTE CARD DECLARATION**\n\nDeclaration to be made by a person submitting a multiple how-to-vote card for registration.\n\nI, [*insert full name*]\n\nof [*specify address, phone number, email address, and alternative phone number (if any) for contact purposes*]\n\ndeclare that this multiple how-to-vote card, which I am authorised to submit for registration on behalf of [*specify name of registered political party*] shall be distributed—\n\n* in every electorate in the State of Victoria\n\n* in the following electorates: [*specify electorates*]\n\nAND (if the how-to-vote card contains a section in a language other than English), I submit with the how-to-vote card a translation into English of the section in a language other than English, and I declare that the translation is a fair translation.\n\nI am aware that if I knowingly make a false statement in this declaration, I am liable to a penalty of level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum) or  \nlevel 6 fine (600 penalty units maximum).\n\nSignature:\n\nTitle: [*specify position held in registered political party*]\n\nName of person witnessing declaration:\n\nDeclared before me on [*insert date*]\n\nSigned:\n\nVictorian Electoral Commission\n\n* Delete whichever is not applicable.\n\nForm L\n\nRegulation 22\n\n**DECLARATION AS TO IDENTITY**\n\nI declare that I am the person whose details are set out below.\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nFamily name:\n\nEnrolled address:\n\nPostal address (leave blank if the same as enrolled address):\n\nPhone number (optional):\n\nAlternative phone number (optional):\n\nEmail address (optional):\n\nDate of birth:\n\nI am aware that if I knowingly make a false statement in this declaration, I am liable to a penalty of level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum) or level 6 fine (600 penalty units maximum).\n\nI am aware that if I vote in the name of another person (including a deceased or fictitious person), vote more than once or apply for a ballot-paper in the name of another person, I am liable to a penalty of level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum) or level 6 fine (600 penalty units).\n\nSignature or mark:\n\nName of election official witnessing declaration:\n\nDeclared before me on [*insert date*]\n\nSigned:\n\nElection official\n\nForm M\n\nRegulation 23\n\n**APPLICATION FOR A POSTAL VOTE**\n\nONLINE APPLICATION ONLY\n\nELECTOR TO COMPLETE\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nFamily name:\n\nFull enrolled address:\n\nPostal address where voting material is to be sent (leave blank if the same as enrolled address):\n\nDate of birth:\n\nPhone number (optional):\n\nI declare that I am entitled to apply for a postal vote for the above enrolled address.\n\nElector verification question:\n\nElector verification answer:\n\nMaking a false statement is an indictable offence (5 years maximum imprisonment or a fine up to 600 penalty units).\n\nOR\n\nWRITTEN APPLICATION ONLY\n\nELECTOR TO COMPLETE\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nFamily name:\n\nFull enrolled address:\n\nPostal address where voting material is to be sent (leave blank if the same as enrolled address):\n\nDate of birth:\n\nPhone number (optional):\n\nI declare that I am entitled to apply for a postal vote for the above enrolled address.\n\nSignature or mark of elector:\n\nDate:\n\nWITNESS TO COMPLETE\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nFamily name:\n\nAddress:\n\nDate of birth:\n\nSignature of witness:\n\nDate:\n\nA witness must be at least 18 years old and not be a candidate at the election, in accordance with sections 3 and 101(2)(b) of the **Electoral Act 2002***.*\n\nForm N\n\nRegulation 24\n\n**POSTAL VOTER DECLARATION**\n\nELECTOR TO COMPLETE\n\nI declare that—\n\n- I am the person whose name is printed on this form; and\n- I have not voted before in this election.\n\n\nElector verification answer*:\n\nSignature or mark of elector:\n\nDate:\n\nWITNESS TO COMPLETE\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nSurname:\n\nAddress:\n\nDate of birth:\n\nSignature of witness:\n\nDate:\n\nA witness must be at least 18 years old and not be a candidate at the election, in accordance with sections 3 and 101(2)(b) of the **Electoral Act 2002**.\n\n* For electors who applied for a postal vote using the online postal vote application.\n\nSch. 1 Form O amended by S.R. No. 127/2022 reg. 6.\n\nForm O\n\nRegulations 28 and 30\n\n**APPLICATION FOR ENROLMENT/PROVISIONAL VOTE AND STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 108 OF THE ELECTORAL ACT 2002**\n\nELECTOR TO COMPLETE\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nFamily name:\n\nCurrent residential address:\n\nPostal address (leave blank if the same as residential address):\n\nMobile number (if any):\n\nAlternative phone number (if any):\n\nEmail address (if any):\n\nGender:\n\nDate of birth:\n\nIf you have changed your name or address since your last enrolment, please provide:\n\nFormer family name and given name(s):\n\nFormer enrolled address:\n\nAre you an Australian citizen by birth?\n\nYes: State or Territory of birth and Town of birth:\n\nNo: Country of birth:\n\nHave you been granted Australian citizenship?\n\nYes: Citizenship certificate number:\n\nNo.\n\nAre you an eligible British subject who was enrolled on 25 January 1984?\n\nYes: Name on 25 January 1984 and country of birth:\n\nNo: You are not eligible to enrol or to vote provisionally.\n\nEvidence of identity\n\nIdentification type:\n\nIssuing authority:\n\nIdentification number:\n\nState or Territory of issue, if relevant:\n\nDeclaration by elector:\n\nI declare that—\n\n- I am an elector whose name cannot be found on the electoral roll for this election; and\n- I have not already voted at this election; and\n- I have read the statement under section 108 of the **Electoral Act 2002** included in this form; and\n- I am eligible to enrol at my residential address and claim enrolment for elections in Victoria; and\n- All the information I have given on this form is true and correct, and I understand that giving false or misleading information is a serious offence (Penalty: 5 years maximum imprisonment or a fine up to 600 penalty units).\n\n\nSignature or mark of elector:\n\nDate:\n\nELECTION OFFICIAL TO COMPLETE\n\nElection Official Declaration\n\n- I saw the applicant sign or make a mark as their signature on this form; and\n- I have informed the applicant that they are claiming that the information that they have provided is true and correct and that there are penalties for providing false or misleading information; and\n- I have sighted the applicant's original proof of identity document or the applicant was not able to provide an original proof of identity document at the time of voting but has nominated the following service provider for the Commission to contact.\n\n\nSERVICE PROVIDER:\n\nor (for mobile voting use only)\n\nThe applicant is listed as a client or a resident at a mobile voting centre designated under section 65 of the **Electoral Act 2002**.\n\nName of Election Official:\n\nSignature of Election Official:\n\nElector's enrolling district:\n\nIssued at: *Early Voting Centre / *Election Day Voting Centre / *Mobile Voting Centre\n\n* Delete whichever is not applicable.\n\nVenue Name:\n\nDate:\n\nIssuing District:\n\n**STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 108 OF THE ELECTORAL ACT 2002**\n\nEnrolment and voting is compulsory.\n\nIf eligible, you are required to enrol and vote in Federal, State and local government elections and may be fined if you do not.\n\nYou are eligible to enrol and vote if you:\n\n- are an Australian citizen, or a British subject who was enrolled on 25 January 1984 (and for Victorian elections only if you were a British subject enrolled between 26 October 1983 and 25 January 1984, inclusive); and\n- are 18 years or older; and\n- have lived at your current address which is your principal place of residence for at least one month.\n\n\n**Evidence of identity**\n\nYou must be able to prove your identity by presenting one of the following documents to the election official:\n\n- Australian driver licence or Australian learner permit;\n- Australian passport;\n- Current Victorian Council rates notice;\n- Current electricity, gas or water account.\n\n\nIf you do not have one of these documents with you, you can nominate the Secretary within the meaning of the **Road Safety Act 1986**, a Council or an electricity, gas or water provider to verify your identity. The Commission will contact the nominated organisation to verify your identity.\n\nIf you are listed as a client or resident at a facility designated as a mobile voting centre, you do not need to have any documents as the Commission will check with the administration of the facility to confirm your identity.\n\n**How this application is processed**\n\nYour application will be checked and, if you are eligible, your vote will be admitted for further processing. If you have provided your Australian driver licence or Australian learner permit number on the application, your name and address will be placed on the electoral roll for future Federal, State and local government elections. If you do not have a government issued photo identification, the election official will give you a separate enrolment application that you will need to complete before you can be placed on the roll.\n\nForm P\n\nRegulations 32 and 34\n\n**DECLARATION BY ABSENT OR SECTION 110 VOTERS**\n\nElector's District:\n\nELECTOR TO COMPLETE\n\nGiven name(s):\n\nFamily name:\n\nEnrolled address:\n\nDate of birth:\n\nFormer surname if changed since you last enrolled:\n\nI declare that—\n\n- I am enrolled at the address shown above; and\n- I have not already voted at this election; and\n- The information shown above is true and correct and I am entitled to vote.\n\n\nSignature or mark of elector:\n\nELECTION OFFICIAL TO COMPLETE\n\nI certify that the above-named elector signed or marked this declaration in my presence.\n\nName of Election Official:\n\nSignature of Election Official:\n\nIssued at District:\n\nIssued at: *Early Voting Centre / *Election Day Voting Centre / *Mobile Voting Centre\n\n* Delete whichever is not applicable.\n\nDate:\n\nMaking a false statement is an indictable offence (5 years maximum imprisonment or a fine up to 600 penalty units).\n\nForm Q\n\nRegulations 48 and 49\n\n**APPARENT FAILURE TO VOTE**\n\nElectorate:\n\nTo: [*Full name, elector's latest known address and the address in respect of which the elector was enrolled*]\n\nAccording to Victorian Electoral Commission records it appears that you failed to vote at the election on [*insert date*].\n\nYou are required to indicate which of the following options applies to you.\n\nOPTION ONE:\n\nI failed to vote at the above election because: [*insert reason*]\n\nIf this reason is considered to be valid and sufficient, no further action will be taken. If this reason is not considered to be valid and sufficient, an infringement notice may be sent to you.\n\nOPTION TWO:\n\nI voted at the above election—\n\n- at the voting centre at [*insert address*]\n- as an early voter\n- as a postal voter.\n\n\nIf you are unable to complete this form because you are absent from your residence or you are physically incapacitated, another person who is enrolled to vote in Victoria may complete this form on your behalf, in accordance with section 164(2) of the **Electoral Act 2002**.\n\nThe **Electoral Act 2002** provides for a fine of one penalty unit if a person states a false reason for not having voted, or another person who completes a form on a person's behalf states a false reason for the other elector not having voted.\n\nSignature of elector (or of person completing form on behalf of elector):\n\nDate:\n\nYou must post or deliver this notice to reach the Victorian Electoral Commission within 28 days after the date of the notice. If you do not complete and return this form by the due date, an infringement notice may be sent to you.\n\nVictorian Electoral Commission\n\nDate of Notice:\n\n═════════════\n\nEndnotes\n\n1 General information\n\nSee [www.legislation.vic.gov.au](http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au) for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.\n\nThe Electoral Regulations 2022, S.R. No. 68/2022 were made on 16 August 2022 by the Governor in Council under section 184 of the **Electoral Act 2002**, No. 23/2022 and came into operation on 20 August 2022: regulation 3.\n\nThe Electoral Regulations 2022 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 16 August 2032 (see section 5 of the **Subordinate Legislation Act 1994**).\n\nINTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)\n\nStyle changes\n\nSection 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.\n\nReferences to ILA s. 39B\n\nSidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression \"(1)\" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.\n\nInterpretation\n\nAs from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:\n\n• Headings\n\nAll headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nThis includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.  \nSee section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).\n\n• Examples, diagrams or notes\n\nAll examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).\n\n• Punctuation\n\nAll punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nSee section 36(3B).\n\n• Provision numbers\n\nAll provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after  \n1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).\n\n• Location of \"legislative items\"\n\nA \"legislative item\" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.\n\n• Other material\n\nAny explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).\n\n2 Table of Amendments\n\nThis publication incorporates amendments made to the Electoral Regulations 2022 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.\n\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\nElectoral Regulations 2022, S.R. No. 68/2022\n\n- *Date of Making:* 16.8.22\n- *Date of Commencement:* Reg. 51(4) on 20.8.22: reg. 3; reg. 51A(10) inserted on 1.11.22 by S.R. No. 127/2022 reg. 4\n- *Note:* Reg. 51A(10) revoked reg. 51A on 1.5.23; reg. 51(4) revoked reg. 51 on 20.8.23\n\n\nElectoral Amendment Regulations 2022, S.R. No. 127/2022\n\n| *Date of Making:* | 25.10.22 |\n| --- | --- |\n| *Date of Commencement:* | 1.11.22: reg. 3 |\n\n\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\n3 Explanatory details\n\n1. Reg. 4(a): S.R. No. 86/2012. Reprint No. 1 as at 1 August 2018. Reprinted to S.R. No. 111/2018. [↑](#endnote-ref-1)\n\n2. Reg. 4(b): S.R. No. 111/2018.\n\n  ——\n\n  **Fee Units**\n\n  These Regulations provide for fees by reference to fee units within the meaning of the **Monetary Units Act 2004**.\n\n  The amount of the fee is to be calculated, in accordance with section 7 of that Act, by multiplying the number of fee units applicable by the value of a fee unit.\n\n  The value of a fee unit for the financial year commencing 1 July 2023 is $15.90. The amount of the calculated fee may be rounded to the nearest 10 cents.\n\n  The value of a fee unit for future financial years is to be fixed by the Treasurer under section 5 of the **Monetary Units Act 2004**. The value of a fee unit for a financial year must be published in the Government Gazette and a Victorian newspaper before 1 June in the preceding financial year.\n\n  **Penalty Units**\n\n  These Regulations provide for penalties by reference to penalty units within the meaning of section 110 of the **Sentencing Act 1991**. The amount of the penalty is to be calculated, in accordance with section 7 of the **Monetary Units Act 2004**, by multiplying the number of penalty units applicable by the value of a penalty unit.\n\n  The value of a penalty unit for the financial year commencing 1 July 2023 is $192.31. The amount of the calculated penalty may be rounded to the nearest dollar.\n\n  The value of a penalty unit for future financial years is to be fixed by the Treasurer under section 5 of the **Monetary Units Act 2004**. The value of a penalty unit for a financial year must be published in the Government Gazette and a Victorian newspaper before 1 June in the preceding financial year. [↑](#endnote-ref-2)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation appears consistent with its original intent as set out in regulation 1: facilitating enrolment and elections, and regulating political donations disclosure. While the 2022 version includes modernised elements (electronic voting, pandemic/emergency provisions), these represent evolutionary updates to existing frameworks rather than scope creep. The structure mirrors the 2012 Regulations it replaced, covering the same functional areas of enrolment, voting, counting, and party registration."},"complexity_factors":["58 regulations across 11 Parts, plus a Schedule containing 17 detailed forms (Forms A through Q)","Extensive cross-referencing to the Electoral Act 2002 (the 'parent Act'), with over 50 references to specific sections of that Act","Multiple conditional pathways for voting methods (postal, early, absent, provisional, electronic, emergency) each with distinct procedural requirements","Time-sensitive transitional provisions (regulation 58) with multiple cut-off dates for using old forms vs new forms","Nested definitions and defined terms (e.g., 'declared emergency' encompasses three different types of emergency declarations under separate Acts)","Dual form systems for many processes (online vs written applications, party-endorsed vs independent candidates)","Amendment tracking visible in the text (regulations 51 and 51A show complex amendment/revocation history)","Specific technical requirements for electronic voting systems (7 specific criteria in regulation 37) and security arrangements","Multiple identification document options with phased implementation dates (regulation 29 has different commencement dates for gas/water accounts vs other ID)","Interaction with Commonwealth law (references to Australian Passports Act, Electoral Act 1918) and other Victorian statutes (Road Safety Act, Emergency Management Act, etc.)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does:**\n\nThese are the **Electoral Regulations 2022** (Victoria), which set out the detailed rules for how Victorian parliamentary elections are run. They work alongside the *Electoral Act 2002* to fill in the practical \"how-to\" details that the main Act doesn't cover.\n\n**Key areas covered:**\n\n*   **Enrolment:** How people register to vote, including special rules for people with physical disabilities who can't sign forms (they can use a medical certificate or power of attorney). It also covers how to become a \"general postal voter\" (someone who automatically gets postal votes), how to object to someone else's enrolment, and how to keep your address secret on the electoral roll (\"silent elector\" status).\n\n*   **Political parties:** The forms and processes for registering a political party, including confirming that members are genuine electors and not members of other parties.\n\n*   **Election procedures:** The nitty-gritty of nominating as a candidate (different forms depending on whether you're endorsed by a party or running as an independent), and the rules for \"how-to-vote\" cards (including size requirements for logos and declarations that must be signed).\n\n*   **Voting:** Detailed procedures for different voting methods:\n    *   **Postal voting:** Application forms, declarations, and how votes are processed.\n    *   **Early voting:** How votes are forwarded and counted.\n    *   **Provisional voting:** What happens if your name isn't on the roll when you show up to vote (you can cast a provisional vote if you provide ID like a driver's licence, passport, or utility bill).\n    *   **Absent voting:** Voting when you're away from your home electorate.\n    *   **Electronic voting:** Special provisions for electronic voting at overseas or interstate centres, including security requirements and accessibility features.\n    *   **Emergency voting:** Special provisions allowing the Victorian Electoral Commission to declare emergencies (like pandemics or disasters) and extend electronic assisted voting to people who can't travel to polling places.\n\n*   **Counting and results:** How declaration votes (postal, provisional, absent) are scrutinised and counted, including strict rules to keep votes secret while extracting ballot papers from envelopes.\n\n*   **Compulsory voting enforcement:** The forms sent to people who appear not to have voted, and how they can respond with a valid reason or pay a fine.\n\n*   **Political donations:** Rules about disclosing gifts (valued at fair market value) and keeping a register of agents who handle donations.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n*   **All Victorian electors** (voters) — anyone enrolling, voting, or updating their details.\n*   **Political parties and candidates** — anyone wanting to register a party, run for office, or distribute how-to-vote material.\n*   **Election officials** — the Victorian Electoral Commission staff who administer elections.\n*   **Donors and political agents** — people involved in political fundraising.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nThese regulations ensure elections are accessible, fair, and secure. They protect the integrity of the voting process through strict identity verification, secure handling of ballot materials, and transparent processes for counting votes. They also balance transparency (public electoral rolls, published party information) with privacy (silent electors, confidential addresses for non-silent electors). The emergency provisions show how the system adapts to crises like pandemics or natural disasters to ensure people can still vote."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These Regulations largely implement and give effect to the operational powers in the Electoral Act 2002 rather than changing the Act’s substantive scope. They replace earlier subordinate rules (revoking the 2012 and 2018 regulations) and add detailed procedural rules — notably for electronic voting at overseas or interstate early voting centres and for expanded accepted identity documents from specified dates (reg 29, regs 35–40). Those are technical and procedural expansions within the Commission’s implementing authority under the Act rather than a change of the core statutory purpose (facilitating enrolment, conducting elections, and regulating disclosure)."},"complexity_factors":["11 Parts covering administrative enrolment, voting, parties, e‑voting, donations and transitional rules","Schedule of around 18+ prescribed Forms (Forms A–Q) used throughout the instrument","Frequent cross‑references to the Electoral Act 2002 and several other Acts (Road Safety Act 1986, Local Government Act 2020, Electricity Industry Act 2000, Gas Industry Act 2001, Water Industry Act 1994, Powers of Attorney Act 2014)","Conditional and time‑limited provisions (e.g. phased acceptance of gas/water accounts from 4 April 2023; transitional use of old forms until specified dates)","Regulation 37: multi‑criteria approval test for electronic voting software with 8 substantive criteria","Emergency determination regime (reg 52) with multiple procedural and publication requirements","Several verification and discretion points for the Commission and election managers (e.g. reg 11(1), reg 12, regs 25–27, regs 41–46)","Chain‑of‑custody and storage requirements for ballot material with specific labelling and retention steps (reg 47)","Penalties and offences are referenced but based in the Electoral Act (penalty unit cross‑calculation explained in endnotes)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What these Regulations do (mechanically)**\n\n- Prescribe the official forms and administrative procedures the Victorian Electoral Commission (the Commission) and election managers must use when running state parliamentary elections and administering the political donations disclosure scheme (see Part 1 and Schedule 1; regs 6, 7–19, 22–34, 41–49, 55–57). \n- Set detailed rules for enrolment and change-of-address processing (who signs, how claims are recorded and notified) and for special enrolment cases such as physically incapacitated people (regs 7–9, reg 8). \n- Specify how people apply to be general postal voters, how those applications are processed, reviewed and cancelled, and the application form (regs 10–12, Form B). \n- Prescribe nomination and party registration paperwork and the documentary requirements (including the 500‑member proof and fee) for registering a political party (regs 16–17; Form F). \n- Define the forms and declarations required at voting (identity declarations, postal‑vote declarations, absent‑voter declarations, provisional vote envelopes) and the verification and handling processes for those votes (regs 22–34; Forms L–P). \n- Authorise and set procedural and security criteria for electronic voting at overseas and interstate early voting centres, including approval criteria for voting software and the requirement for a paper record of each electronic vote (regs 35–40). \n- Fix the timing and process for preliminary scrutiny of declaration votes, rules for extracting and securing ballot material after voting, and storage/chain‑of‑custody steps for ballot material (regs 41–47). \n- Prescribe the official mark on ballot‑papers (watermark, overprint or unique print number) and where/how registered how‑to‑vote cards must be endorsed and the minimum logo size (regs 20, 21, 53). \n- Set rules for enforcement notices to people who apparently failed to vote and the form of replies (regs 48–49; Form Q). \n- Set administrative rules for the political donations disclosure scheme: how to value non‑monetary gifts (fair market value plus explanation) and the contents of the Register of Agents (regs 55–56). \n- Provide for confidential treatment of a natural person’s street address (excluding suburb/state) where they are not a silent elector (reg 57). \n- Include transitional and saving provisions permitting use of prior forms for limited periods after commencement (reg 58).\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- Electors (voters): by the forms they must complete to enrol, to vote by post, to vote absent or provisionally, and by the identity documents accepted (reg 29). \n- People who are physically incapacitated or otherwise unable to sign: special procedures (reg 8). \n- Candidates and political parties: specification of nomination forms, party registration requirements (including the 500‑member declaration and a fee) and how‑to‑vote card registration (regs 16–19; Forms F, H, I, J, K). \n- Election officials and the Commission: required processes for receipt, verification, forwarding and storage of ballot material, and powers to approve electronic voting software and make emergency determinations (multiple regs, especially regs 11–12, 25–27, 35–40, 41–47, 50–52). \n- Service providers (councils, utilities, Road Safety Secretary): may be used to verify identity where a voter lacks ID (reg 29(3)). \n- Donors and registered agents: rules for valuing non‑monetary gifts and the information the Register of Agents must hold (regs 55–56).\n\n**Why it matters (official purpose and practical effects)**\n\n- Officially the Regulations exist to facilitate enrolment and the conduct of elections and to regulate the political donations disclosure scheme (reg 1). Mechanically, they standardise paperwork, create predictable verification and chain‑of‑custody steps, and set the Commission’s powers and limits in operating electronic voting and emergency‑related assisted voting (regs 35–40, 50–52). \n\n- Costs and compliance burdens: parties and applicants face discrete administrative costs — e.g. party registration requires a statutory declaration and a list of at least 500 members and payment of a fee (Form F). The Commission and election managers bear operational costs for verifying postal votes, conducting preliminary scrutiny, securing ballot material, and approving and securing electronic voting systems (regs 11, 25–27, 37–39, 46–47). \n\n- Incentives and behaviour changes: clearer, prescribed ID lists (reg 29) and defined verification steps for postal/provisional/absent votes alter the risk calculus for electors who lack traditional photo ID (they can nominate a service provider for verification). The Regulations expand acceptance of additional utility accounts (gas/water) after 4 April 2023, which reduces identity friction for some voters (reg 29(2)). Enabling electronic voting at designated overseas/interstate centres (with mandatory paper records and security requirements) lowers the logistical barrier for voters abroad or interstate but requires investment and oversight by the Commission (regs 35–40). \n\n- Decision‑making and discretion: the Commission has a significant operational and discretionary role — it approves modes of lodgement (reg 11(1)), can review and cancel general postal voter status (reg 12), approves electronic voting programs and any necessary changes to electronic ballot‑paper forms (regs 37–39), and may make emergency determinations specifying classes eligible for assisted electronic voting (reg 52). That concentrates day‑to‑day implementation decisions with the Commission. \n\n- Privacy and verification trade‑offs: reg 57 treats a person’s street address (not including suburb/state) as confidential information, which protects a piece of personal data, while other identification and verification mechanisms may require contacting service providers (reg 29(3)), imposing operational requests on councils and utilities. \n\n- Security and implementation risk: electronic voting is permitted but only if strict conditions are met — software must produce a paper record and prevent linking votes to individuals (reg 37(1)(g)–(h)). That creates clear security requirements but also a dependence on the Commission’s capacity to test and oversee secure systems (reg 38). \n\n**Who pays and who decides (summary)**\n\n- Who pays: (a) political parties pay the registration fee (50 fee units) and incur costs to compile the required membership proof; (b) the Commission bears operational costs for verification, storage, and the technical work of approving and running electronic voting; (c) service providers (councils/utilities) may face occasional verification requests. Individual electors face little direct monetary cost but must supply prescribed ID or nominate a verifier (reg 29). \n\n- Who decides: the Victorian Electoral Commission and appointed election managers/election officials implement and exercise the substantive discretions in these Regulations (see regs 11, 12, 25, 37–39, 52). Court oversight remains possible for disputed returns as the material must be retained until any Court of Disputed Returns proceedings are complete (reg 47(d)).\n\n**Trade‑offs, risks and operational notes**\n\n- Concentrated benefits and diffuse costs: the principal concentrated beneficiaries of the party‑registration rules are the Commission (clearer records) and registered parties (formal registration rights); the costs of verifying large numbers of membership claims fall on parties. The operational costs of e‑voting and verification are concentrated on the Commission. \n\n- Rent‑seeking/capture risk: the instruments here are administrative and procedural. The Regulations place substantial discretionary power with the Commission (e.g. approval of software, emergency determinations). The text itself does not show evidence of improper capture, but concentrated discretion increases the importance of transparent procedures (regs 37–38, 52). \n\n- Substitution effects and unintended consequences: expanding accepted ID (adding gas/water accounts from 4 April 2023) reduces reliance on photo ID and may increase provisional enrolment processing; approving electronic voting for certain centres increases convenience but transfers verification and security burdens to election administrators (reg 29(2), regs 35–40). \n\n- Implementation burden and opportunity cost: time and staff for pre‑election scrutiny, security testing of voting software, and managing service provider verifications divert Commission resources from other tasks (regs 25, 37–38, 41–46). \n\n**Key specific references**\n- Objectives and authority: reg 1, reg 2 (Electoral Act 2002). \n- Enrolment and forms: regs 7–15; Schedule 1 (Forms A–G). \n- Postal, absent and provisional voting forms and verification: regs 22–34; Forms L–P, O. \n- Electronic voting and security criteria: regs 35–40. \n- Party registration and membership proof: regs 16–17; Form F. \n- Donations valuation and agent register: regs 55–56. \n- Confidentiality of street address: reg 57. \n\nThis is an implementation‑focused set of Regulations: it does not create new substantive voting rights but prescribes how the Act will be operationalised — what forms are used, what ID is accepted, how votes are verified, how electronic voting is to be securely introduced, and how political party and donation information is to be recorded and reported."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed from the provided text. 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