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© State of Victoria (Victorian Electoral Commission) 2024.

We encourage the dissemination and re-use of information provided on this website.

All material provided on this website is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 international license, with the exception of:

  • any images, photographs, videos or branding, including the VEC logo, and
  • content supplied by third parties.

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You should attribute material obtained from this website as:

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Third party copyright

In some cases, a third party may hold copyright in material presented on this website. You may need their permission to use the material.

For more information, or to seek permission to use information from this website, contact us.

Disclaimer

This website is provided for information purposes only. Every effort is made to maintain accurate and up-to-date information.

We do not accept any liability to any person for the information or advice (or the use of such information or advice) provided on this website or incorporated into it by reference.

The information on this website is provided on the basis that all persons accessing the site undertake responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its content.

We do not take responsibility for information or services that may appear on linked websites.

Community guidelines

Our commitment to social media engagement

We use social media to help people learn about elections. We also share information about how democracy works in Victoria.

We are independent and impartial. These terms and conditions ensure our social media presence does not impact with our ability to run elections or fulfil our other roles.

We check our social media during business hours, 9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday. We don't check them on weekends or public holidays. During election periods, we monitor them more often to provide quick responses and updates.

Our social media

Our official social media channels are:

We use these platforms to share electoral information and engage with the community. We have turned off comments and responses on our YouTube channel. If you want to discuss or comment on any videos, please contact us through our other social media platforms. If you see any accounts pretending to be us, please report them to socialmedia@vec.vic.gov.au.

We follow or subscribe to organisations or people in the Australian electoral sector. This doesn’t mean we endorse them.

All VEC social media content is authorised by S. Bluemmel, Electoral Commissioner, 530 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, unless stated otherwise.

Social media terms of use

  • We value the comments and contributions we receive on social media.
  • We welcome conversation. We do not allow disrespectful, offensive, crude, or hateful comments.
  • We do not tolerate comments that make others feel unsafe or are off-topic.

Please adhere to the following guidelines when interacting with our social media channels:

Be respectful: Please keep all comments and discussions respectful and courteous. We may remove or report posts, comments, or links that:

  • discriminate, defame, lie, or mislead
  • are racist, off-topic, inflammatory, repetitive, or offensive
  • disrespect others
  • make others feel unsafe
  • are commercial content, ads, or spam
  • promote a product, service, cause, or initiative
  • violate privacy, intellectual property, or legal rights
  • are otherwise inappropriate.

No political posts: We don’t comment on candidates, parties, or policies. To stay neutral, we don’t allow posts that show support for any candidate or party.

Stay on topic: Keep posts related to the VEC or the services we provide. Our channels are there for voters to discuss and learn about democracy.

Protect personal information: Don’t share your own or others’ personal information. If you need help with enrolment, visit our Enrolment page for more information or call 131 832.

Respect VEC staff: Treat our staff with respect. They are here to help you. We don’t allow personal attacks, harassment, or disrespectful comments towards our staff. We may remove such comments and block your account.

Comments from users reflect their own views, not the VEC’s. We don’t respond to content or links that are offensive, defamatory, obscene, threatening, or inappropriate.