Victorian Consolidated Regulations

ELECTORAL REGULATIONS 2002

S.R. No. 73/2002
Version incorporating amendments as at 7 March 2008

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   PART 1-PRELIMINARY

   1.      Objective
   2.      Authorising provisions
   3.      Commencement
   4.      Definition
   5.      Forms

   PART 2-ENROLMENT PROCEDURES AND INFORMATION

   6.      Claim for enrolment or provisional enrolment
   7.      Enrolment by physically incapacitated persons
   8.      Processing of claims for enrolment and notices of change of address
   9.      Request for address not to be shown on roll
   10.     Application to be a general postal voter
   11.     Processing of application to be a general postal voter
   12.     Review and cancellation of designation as a general postal voter
   13.     Objection to a person's enrolment
   14.     Notice of objection

   PART 3-ELECTION PROCEDURES

   15.     Nomination form
   16.     How-to-vote card declaration
   17.     How-to-vote card declaration-English translation
   18.     Endorsement of how-to-vote card
   18A.    Minimum size of logo, emblem or insignia

   PART 4-VOTING

   19.     Declaration as to identity
   20.     Application to vote by post
   21.     Postal vote declaration
   22.     Receipt and forwarding of postal vote envelopes
   23.     Forwarding of early votes
   24.     Forwarding of early votes from Antarctica
   25.     Declaration under section 108.
   26.     Statement of person's rights under section 108.
   27.     Determination of enrolment entitlement
   28.     Declaration of absent voter
   29.     Forwarding of absent vote envelopes
   30.     Declaration of elector under section 110.

   PART 5-ELECTION RESULTS

   31.     Preliminary scrutiny of declaration votes-general
   32.     Preliminary scrutiny of postal vote declarations
   33.     Preliminary scrutiny of declarations under section 108.
   34.     Preliminary scrutiny of absent declarations under section 109.
   35.     Preliminary scrutiny of declarations under section 110.
   36.     Extraction of ballot-papers from accepted declaration envelopes
   37.     Ballot material to be secured and stored

   PART 6-ENFORCEMENT AND OFFENCES

   38.     Notice to elector who has apparently failed to vote
   39.     Reply to notice by elector

   PART 7-GENERAL

   40.     Official mark on ballot-papers
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           SCHEDULE
           Form A-Electoral Enrolment Form
           Form B-Request by Elector for Address Not to be Shown on Electoral Roll
           Form C-Application to be a General Postal Voter
           Form D-Application to be a General Postal Voter by a Person Who is Unable to Sign an Application because of Physical Incapacity
           Form E-Objection to Enrolment of a Person
           Form F-Notice of Objection
           Form G-Nomination of a Candidate for the Legislative Assembly/Council
           Form H-How-To-Vote Card Declaration
           Form I-Multiple Electorate How-To-Vote Card Declaration Form
           Form J-Declaration as to Identity
           Form K-Application for a Postal Vote
           Form L-Declaration of Postal Voter
           Form M-Vote under Section 108.
           Form N-Statement to Persons Claiming a Vote under Section 108.
           Form O-Absent and Section 110 Vote
           Form P-Apparent Failure to Vote
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details