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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Report on the 2025 Senate scanning and digitisation audit process
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Vanessa Teague on .
Good morning Vanessa, Thank you for your email. As per our letter dated 18 August 2025, the 2025 Senate ballot paper sampling assurance report conduc...
ACP Constitution Recieved by the AEC
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Glenn Hamiltonshire on .
Dear Glenn Thank you for alerting us to this error and we apologise for the inconvenience. I have now attached the relevant document. Warm regards,...
Scrutiny directions and policies for 2025 federal election
Follow up sent to Australian Electoral Commission by Andrew on .
Dear Jade Confirming I have received the documents - thank you very much for your work on my request. Regards Andrew
Statistics regarding 'designated electors'
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Edward Pellew on .
Dear Edward   Please see the attached documents relating to your Freedom of Information (FOI) Request.   Yours sincerely   Lachlan Austr...
Employee information provided to ballot agents in Enterprise Agreement bargaining
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to James Smith on .
This response is from Right to Know. We have been provided with an updated version of one of the documents. Please see attached.
Senate Estimates briefs 2024-25
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Gary Moorcroft on .
Good afternoon,   Please see attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request.   Kind regards,   Stephanie Australian Electoral Co...
Documents pertaining to the 2023 referendum ballot papers
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to CR on .
Dear CR, Please find attached decision letter of even date, attachments and relevant documents for release regarding your request for an internal rev...
Style and Branding Guide for the Australian Electoral Commission
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Alex Pentland on .
Dear Alex,     Please find attached letter of even date and relevant documents for this FOI request.   Any queries or issues and please don’t hes...
FOI Request - Senate Estimates Briefing Index
Follow up sent to Australian Electoral Commission by Andorra Loom on .
Thank you for your email and the Commission's decision. I appreciate the work undertaken to process this application. Regards, Andorra
Request for EasyCount Senate NATA Accreditation report
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Morgan Bennett on .
Dear Morgan Bennett   Please find attached correspondence in relation to your request for internal review. This correspondence includes: o A new...
Documents relating to COVID-19 preparedness and coronavirus-affected voters
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Andrew on .
Dear Andrew   I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.   I attach a letter to you dated 19 A...
Axiom Associates report on the Senate scanning and digitisation process
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Vanessa Teague on .
Dear Vanessa   I refer to your request dated 13 July 2022 for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982. I attach a letter t...
Audit methodology for the Senate digitisation process
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Vanessa Teague on .
Dear Vanessa   I refer to your request dated 6 June 2022 for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.   I attach a lette...
‘The Campaign Uncovered’ and Australian Electoral Commissioner
Follow up sent to Australian Electoral Commission by JS on .
Thank you. Yours sincerely, JS
Request for documents on Senate Counting Arrangements
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Vanessa Teague on .
Dear Ms Teague,   As mentioned in my previous email, please find attached Part 4 of the released documents.   Regards, Megan Weimar | Princi...
IBM's report on the error rate of the Senate scanning and counting solution
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Vanessa Teague on .
Dear Ms Teague   I refer to your request for documents under the Freedom of Information Act (‘your FOI request)’ made through the righttoknow webs...
Provider of the Senate Counting Software
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Vanessa Teague on .
Dear Vanessa Teague   I refer to your Freedom of Information Request of 6 May 2021 to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).   Enclosed in...
Electronic voting or ballot counting machines
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Phillip Sweeney on .
Dear Mr Sweeney I refer your email dated 26 November 2020 1:07 PM to the Australian Electoral Commission (the ‘AEC’) in which you request under the...
Trialing of Electronic Voting Machines
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Phillip Sweeney on .
Dear Mr Sweeney    I refer to your email dated 29 November 2020 9:12 AM in which you request (‘your FOI Request’) to the Australian Electoral Commis...
Trialing Paper Ballot Scanning/Counting Machines
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Phillip Sweeney on .
Dear Mr Sweeney                                                                                 I refer to your email dated 26 November 2020 1:15 PM...
How are votes treated that have a line through all candidates and no candidates meets my will.
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to William Pankiw on .
Dear Mr Pankiw,   I refer to your emails to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) dated 7 February 2021, and 11 February 2021 via the Right to...
Complete AEC records of Periodic Disclosures and Electoral Disclosures
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Benjamin on .
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 .
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 .
UNCLASSIFIED   Dear Mr Young,   I refer to your email dated 16 December 2016 8:29AM, to the Australian Electoral Commission (‘AEC’) in which y...
Excluding 16 and 17 year olds from the Marriage Law Postal Survey
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Chris Gentle on .
Dear Mr Gentle   Your FOI request LS6217 – Decision record and reasons for decision   I refer to your email received Tuesday 15 August 2015, se...

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