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 cyber security risk assessment for the 2025 Senate counting process
Follow up sent to Australian Electoral Commission by Vanessa Teague on .
I am posting a summary here for others who are reading the requests afterwards. The FoI request for the cybersecurity risk assessment was refused....
Request for Correspondence
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Andorra Loom on .
Our reference: LEX3512   Dear Andorra Loom   Your requests for documents   I refer to our below correspondence dated 13 December 2022.  ...
Correspondence Relating to Significant Third Parties and Associated Entities
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Andorra Loom on .
Our reference: LEX3513   Dear Andorra Loom   Your requests for documents   I refer to our below correspondence dated 13 December 2022.  ...
Commonwealth Electoral (COVID Enfranchisement) Amendment Regulations 2022
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Andrew on .
Dear Andrew   I refer to your request dated for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.   I attach a letter to you date...
Actions of man
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to i: a man; Shaun on .
Dear Shaun,   Thank you for your email.   The Australian Electoral Commission’s role is to conduct federal elections and manage the electoral...
ATL & BTL Voting
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Jocelyn Jacob on .
Dear Jocelyn,   Voters can choose to vote along party lines (above the line) in the order of your choice, or for individuals (below the line) in t...
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 .
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 .
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 .
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...
List of all financial members of the Liberal Party of Australia (SA Division)
Follow up sent to Australian Electoral Commission by Dan Monceaux on .
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 .
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 .
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...
Marriage equality plebiscite cost estimates
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Graeme Bowman on .
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Bowman I refer to your email of 18 September 2016 4:39 PM, to the AEC in which you request (your ‘Internal Review Request’) a...
Marriage equality plebiscite cost estimates
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Charlie Somerville. Annotated by William Summers on .
You should appeal. The reasons given for this being against the public interest seem very weak. Some of this strikes me as very dubious: “The effe...
List of funding sources (and amounts) for One Nation Party in the 2016 Federal Senate election
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Peter B on .
                UNCLASSIFIED Dear Dr Bell I refer to your 5 July 2016 11:16 AM to the Australian Electoral Commission (‘AEC’) in which you request...
Name change for Female who was married!
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Ian Bagshaw on .
For-Official-Use-Only Dear Mr Bagshaw   I refer to I refer to your email of 1 December 2015  making a request for the release of information fro...
Who owns the right to vote
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Sophia Wrightman. Annotated by AMartin on .
check out what happened with Arjay Martin and the AEC last election - www.arjaymartin.com
Testing, installation, and verification procedures and data for EasyCount Senate software
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Josh Deprez. Annotated by Daniel O'Connor on .
Well that's not an internal review!
Documents and correspondence in relation to Michael Cordover and Matthew Landauer
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Alecia Wonsack on .
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Ms Wonsack I refer to your email of 21 July 2014 3:12 AM in which you request (‘FOI Request’) documents and correspondence in re...
IT Network Documentation - IPv4/v6 Public Facing addresses
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Ben Fairless on .
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Fairless I refer to your emails dated 17 July 2014 4:42 PM in which you respectively request (‘FOI Request’) for access to do...
Documents informing the response to Senate Order 330
Follow up sent to Australian Electoral Commission by Brendan Molloy on .
Thanks for the reply. I am satisfied with the response, albeit completely flabbergasted. -- Regards, Brendan Molloy President Pirate Party Au...
Attachment B to LS4944
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Michael Cordover. Annotated by Michael Cordover on .
The AEC has provided me with a copy of this attachment B as part of the AAT process. A transcript of it is available at http://easycount.mjec.net/files...
Software by which Senate counts are conducted
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Michael Cordover. Annotated by Michael Cordover on .
I've set up a microsite to host all the documentation associated with this request as it progresses through IC review. All the latest details can be fo...
Machine readable document from which "LS4883 - file 13/945" is derived
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Matthew Landauer. Annotated by Steven Roddis on .
@Locutus Sum I Believe the request is for a useable and accessible format. Some people have problems with sight or comprehension. Images of a scanned...
What constitutes a religious duty to abstain from voting
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Sophia Wrightman on .
For-Official-Use-Only Dear Ms Wrightman I refer to your email dated 19 December 2013 4:08 PM in which you make the above FOI Request. I enclose...

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