New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 222

222 Election information

(1) After an election, the Electoral Commissioner must ensure that the following information is publicly available--

(a) the number of first preference votes given for each candidate,

(b) in relation to a periodic Council election--the number of first preference votes given for each group,

(c) the details of distribution of preference votes.

(2) After an election, the Electoral Commissioner must ensure that--

(a) each registered party that so requests, and

(b) each member of Parliament who is not a member of a registered party and who makes a request in respect of the member's district,

is provided with election information containing the names and the addresses of electors who voted (other than silent electors and itinerant electors), whether they voted personally, by post or by another method authorised under this Act and, if they voted at a voting centre for the district for which the electors were enrolled, the location of that voting centre.

(3) Election information provided under subsection (2) must only be used in connection with an election.

(4) A person must not use, or cause or permit the use of, election information provided under this section for any purpose other than in connection with an election.

: Maximum penalty--1,000 penalty units.

Note : Division 7 of Part 5 (Inspection of authorised rolls and lists of enrolled persons and provision of enrolment information) contains provisions regarding access to certain enrolment information.