Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Electoral Act 2002 - SECT 38

Objections to enrolment

38. Objections to enrolment



(1) An elector may object to the enrolment of a person on the ground that-

   (a)  the person is not entitled to be enrolled; or

   (b)  the address for which a person is enrolled is not the person's
        principal place of residence.



(2) An elector's objection under subsection (1) must-

   (a)  be in writing and in the prescribed form; and

   (b)  be signed by the elector; and

   (c)  set out the ground for the objection; and

   (d)  be lodged with the Commission.

(3) If no objection to a person's enrolment has been received under subsection
(1) and the Commission has reason to believe that the person is not entitled
to be enrolled or that the address for which the person is enrolled is not the
person's principal place of residence, the Commission must-

   (a)  object to the enrolment of the person; and

   (b)  set out the ground for that objection.

(4) An objection on the ground that the address for which a person is enrolled
is not the person's principal place of residence is not a sufficient ground of
objection unless the objection alleges that the person objected to does not
live at the address and has not lived at the address for at least one month
immediately before the date of the objection.