Election An at which electors choose their representatives. Election date The legislated date of the election. Election Manager A person appointed by the Electoral Commissioner to conduct an election for an electoral district or region. Elector A person whose name appears on the register of electors and who is entitled to vote in elections. Electoral Commissioner The statutory officer appointed by the Governor-in-Council with responsibility for the proper conduct of parliamentary and statutory elections. Electoral Matters Committee (EMC) The EMC comprises seven Members of Parliament drawn from both Houses and is a Joint Investigatory Committee of the Parliament of Victoria. Its powers and responsibilities are determined by the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003. The EMC inquiries into, considers and reports to the Parliament on any proposal, matter or thing concerned with the conduct of parliamentary elections and referendums in Victoria, the conduct of elections of councillors under the Local Government Act 1989 and the administration of, or practices associated with, the Electoral Act 2002 and any other law relating to electoral matters. Electoral roll A list of names of all the people who are entitled to vote in an election under relevant legislation. Electronically Assisted Voting A method of casting a vote under legislation by electors who are blind or have low vision, are not literate in English, have a motor impairment or are located interstate or overseas. Enrolment The placement of a person’s name and address on the Register of Electors. A person cannot vote at an election unless they are enrolled. Enrolment information The information about electors that is held by the VEC. Entitlement date To be eligible to vote at a Local Government election, people must be on the State or Local Government voters roll 57 days before election day. This is called the date’. ‘entitlement Geo-coding Geo-coding is the process of assigning geographic identifiers (e.g. or geographic coordinates expressed as latitude-longitude) to map features and other data records, such as street addresses.
Election An at which electors choose their representatives. Election date The legislated date of the election. Election Manager A person appointed by the Electoral Commissioner to conduct an election for an electoral district or region. Elector A person whose name appears on the register of electors and who is entitled to vote in elections. Electoral Commissioner The statutory officer appointed by the Governor-in-Council with responsibility for the proper conduct of parliamentary and statutory elections. Electoral Matters Committee (EMC) The EMC comprises seven Members of Parliament drawn from both Houses and is a Joint Investigatory Committee of the Parliament of Victoria. Its powers and responsibilities are determined by the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003. The EMC inquiries into, considers and reports to the Parliament on any proposal, matter or thing concerned with the conduct of parliamentary elections and referendums in Victoria, the conduct of elections of councillors under the Local Government Act 1989 and the administration of, or practices associated with, the Electoral Act 2002 and any other law relating to electoral matters. Electoral roll A list of names of all the people who are entitled to vote in an election under relevant legislation. Electronically Assisted Voting A method of casting a vote under legislation by electors who are blind or have low vision, are not literate in English, have a motor impairment or are located interstate or overseas. Enrolment The placement of a person’s name and address on the Register of Electors. A person cannot vote at an election unless they are enrolled. Enrolment information The information about electors that is held by the VEC. Entitlement date To be eligible to vote at a Local Government election, people must be on the State or Local Government voters roll 57 days before election day. This is called the ‘entitlement date’. Geo-coding Geo-coding is the process of assigning geographic identifiers (e.g. or geographic coordinates expressed as latitude-longitude) to map features and other data records, such as street addresses.