Australian Electoral Commission

Part of the Finance portfolio and a Federal authority, also called AEC

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is responsible for providing the Australian people with an independent electoral service which meets their needs and encourages them to understand and participate in the electoral process.

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Voting
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Josh on .
Awaiting classification.
Dear Joshua   Thanks for your question. In the same way that democracies have laws for all types of things, under federal law, i.e. the Commonweal...
“Vote of No Confidence” - Internal documents
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Ben Fairless on .
Waiting clarification.
Dear Mr Fairless   I refer to your electronic request dated 9 May 2019 4.02am to the Australian Electoral Commission.   I attach a letter date...
Documents related to alleged vote tampering
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Ben Fairless on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
Dear Mr Fairless   I refer to your electronic request dated 9 May 2019 3.55am to the Australian Electoral Commission.   I attach a letter date...
Applications for enrolment on the Australian Electoral Roll rejected by the AEC between 09 August 2017 and 24 August 2017
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Jill Moran. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Refused.
The request was not taken to be valid under the FOI Act.
Valid and sufficient reasons for not voting in the 2016 federal election
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Adam Easton on .
Refused.
Dear Mr Easton I am writing to in relation to your email of 24 January 2018 11:44 PM in which you make a purported request under the [1]Freedom of I...
Policies pertaining to security and handling of electoral ballots
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Benno Rice on .
Refused.
Benno Rice Right to Know Organisation Dear Mr Rice I refer to your email dated 5 August 2017 3:34 AM to the Australian Electoral Commission (‘AEC...
Complete AEC records of Periodic Disclosures and Electoral Disclosures
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Benjamin on .
Partially successful.
Benjamin Right to Know Organisation I refer to my email dated 9 August 2017 4:21 PM. I have encountered difficulties in transmitting Acrobat file...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Ben Fairless on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Fairless I refer to your email dated 14 November 2018 11:51 PM in which you request access to the instrument of authorisation issued by the...
Procedures for processing itinerant or no-fixed-address enrolments
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Cail Young on .
Partially successful.
UNCLASSIFIED   Dear Mr Young,   I refer to your email dated 16 December 2016 8:29AM, to the Australian Electoral Commission (‘AEC’) in which y...
List of all current financial members of the Nick Xenophon Team
Follow up sent to Australian Electoral Commission by Dan Monceaux on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
Following a phone conversation with Paul from your office, I am satisfied that there is no merit in continuing with this request. I now understand t...
List of all financial members of the Liberal Party of Australia (SA Division)
Follow up sent to Australian Electoral Commission by Dan Monceaux on .
Refused.
Thanks for providing a determination to this request combined with my similar request regarding the Victoria Division of the Liberal Party of Austra...
List of all current financial members of the Liberal Party of Australia (Victoria Division)
Follow up sent to Australian Electoral Commission by Dan Monceaux on .
Refused.
Thanks for your record-breaking determination on my recent FoI requests. I had mistakenly assumed that registers of membership of political parties...
AEC results from 2016 APS Staff Census
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Sarah McAndrew on .
Refused.
Sarah McAndrew Right to Know Organisation Dear Ms McAndrew I refer to your email dated 21 June 2017 8:35 AM to the Australian Electoral Commissio...
Excluding 16 and 17 year olds from the Marriage Law Postal Survey
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Chris Gentle on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Gentle   Your FOI request LS6217 – Decision record and reasons for decision   I refer to your email received Tuesday 15 August 2015, se...
Age, location and gender details for new electoral roll enrolments (8–24 August 2017)
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Jerath Head on .
Successful.
Jareth Head Right to Know Organisation Dear Mr Head I refer to your email dated 29 August 2017 12:02 PM to the Australian Electoral Commission (‘...
Documents relating to the Nomination of Barnaby Joyce to run for election to The House of Representatives in 2013 Federal Election
Follow up sent to Australian Electoral Commission by Richard Smith on .
Successful.
RE: FOI request LS6224 Thanks for your response of 8 September. I have reviewed the enclosed Decision Letter and the released documents and I be...
Documents relating to the Nomination of Barnaby Joyce to run for election to The Senate in 2004 Federal Election
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Richard Smith on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Richard Smith   Your FOI request LS6223 - Decision record and reasons for decision   I refer to your email received Wednesday 16 August...
Name on Electoral
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to emine avci on .
Long overdue.
Dear Emine,   Thank you for your email.  You may be able to find Necati Avci’s name on the electoral roll.   You can find information on how t...
Applications to register to vote by people under the voting age
Follow up sent to Australian Electoral Commission by Anonymous User on .
Partially successful.
Thank you for your response. Because of the information that you have given me, I am happy to withdraw my freedom of information request. (I do, h...
Requests for amendment to 2015-16 financial disclosures
Follow up sent to Australian Electoral Commission by Simon on .
Successful.
Hi, I have not saved or distributed any of the documents incorrectly sent in response to this request. Because this request was initiated via Right t...
Periodic disclosures database
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Simon on .
Partially successful.
Dear Simon   I refer to your email dated 9 February 2017, to the Australian Electoral Commission (‘AEC’) in which you request (your ‘Internal Revi...
Employee information provided to ballot agents in Enterprise Agreement bargaining
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to James Smith on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Smith Here is Attachment A to my decision Regards Owen Jones Owen Jones | Senior Lawyer Legal Services Section | Legal and Procuremen...
Roll divergence
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Jeremy Cooper-Stout on .
Partially successful.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Jeremy Cooper-Stout I refer to your email dated 16 December 2016 2:23 PM in which you request (‘your FOI Request) to the Aust...
Information about AEC inquiries since 2005
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Brendan Manning on .
Long overdue.
UNCLASSIFIED   Dear Mr Manning,   I refer to your email dated 25 November 2016 10:58am, to the Australian Electoral Commission (‘AEC’) in whic...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Follow up sent to Australian Electoral Commission by Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Thanks for the reply. Whilst we will disagree on if it's IPS material, you've released it which is great. Thanks for your time, have a good weeken...

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