LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 326 Regulations relating to electoral matters

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 326

Without limiting the generality of section 325, the regulations may prescribe any matter relating to or in respect of the following—

        (a)     voter entitlement and the compilation of voters' rolls;

        (b)     specifying public notification requirements by the VEC in relation to the amendment of the voters' roll;

        (c)     the process for nomination of candidates for an election including the fixing and payment of any fees by candidates and in relation to the form and manner of any training candidates are required to undertake before nominating;

        (d)     the nomination day;

        (e)     the appointment of election officials and the making of declarations by election officials;

        (f)     candidate information to be provided to voters by the VEC;

        (g)     the approval and registration of how-to-vote cards at attendance elections;

        (h)     providing for a right of review by VCAT in relation to specified decisions relating to the approval and registration of how-to-vote cards;

              (i)     the content of ballot-papers, including the determination of the order of candidates' names on the ballot-paper;

        (j)     the appointment and role of scrutineers;

        (k)     changes to the voting system;

        (l)     the conduct of attendance elections, including early voting at voting centres and mobile voting centres;

        (m)     the conduct of postal voting;

        (n)     provision for unenrolled voters to lodge a vote at an election;

        (o)     the close of voting and the receipt of postal votes after election day;

        (p)     the counting of votes, including the use of electronic counting equipment and systems;

        (q)     the declaration of candidates elected at an election;

        (r)     the enforcement of compulsory voting and exemptions from compulsory voting.

S. 327 expired by force of No. 9/2020 s. 327(5).

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