Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 101(1) amended by No. 30/2018 s. 24(1).
(1) After the issue of a writ for an election, an elector may apply to the Commission in writing or by electronic means to vote by post.
(2) A written application to vote by post—
(a) must be in the prescribed form; and
(b) must be signed by the applicant in the presence of an authorised witness; and
S. 101(2)(c) substituted by No. 30/2018 s. 24(2).
(c) must not be physically attached to, or form part of, other written material issued by a person or organisation other than the Commission; and
(d) may be sent through the post or transmitted by electronic means.
S. 101(2A) inserted by No. 30/2018 s. 24(3).
(2A) An application by electronic means to the Commission to vote by post—
(a) must be in the prescribed form; and
(b) must contain information to enable the Commission to verify the identity of the elector in accordance with the verification process determined by the Commission for the purposes of this subsection.
S. 101(3) amended by No. 30/2018 s. 24(4).
(3) An application to vote by post is deemed to be in accordance with subsection (2) or (2A) if it contains errors or omissions that, in the opinion of the Commission, are immaterial.
S. 101(3A) inserted by No. 13/2022 s. 23.
(3A) Subject to subsection (3B), a person other than the Commission must not distribute an application to vote by post to an elector.
Penalty: 1 penalty unit.
S. 101(3B) inserted by No. 13/2022 s. 23.
(3B) It is not an offence under subsection (3A) for a person to make available at a post office an application to vote by post provided by the Commission.
S. 101(4) amended by No. 30/2018 s. 24(5).
(4) The Commission must not consider an application if it is received by the Commission after 6 p.m. on the Wednesday immediately preceding election day.
(5) For the purposes of the Commonwealth Copyright Act 1968, if a person other than the owner of the copyright in the application form to vote by post reproduces the application form, the person is not taken to have infringed the copyright in the application form.