Nepean District by-election

The roll for this by-election closed at 8 pm on Friday 20 March.

It's too late to update your details for this by-election. You can still update your details for future elections.

If you are currently enrolled in Nepean District, you must vote. If you don’t vote we may send you a fine.

Check my enrolment

What you can do

If you’ve changed your name, you’ll be on the roll with your old name. Please tell our staff your previous name at the voting centre.

If you’ve moved within or out of Nepean District and didn’t update your details in time, you'll be on the roll under your old address. You must vote or we may send you a fine. Please tell our staff your old address when you get your name marked off at the voting centre. You should update your enrolment details for future elections.

If you moved into Nepean District from another district your name won't be on the roll. You're not eligible to vote in this by-election. 

If you are enrolling for the first time, and have lived in Nepean District since 20 February this year, you can enrol on the spot in a voting centre. This is called a provisional vote.  It will take longer to enrol at a voting centre, so please allow extra time. To provisionally enrol at a voting centre you must bring valid ID. This can be:

• your Australian passport, driver licence or learner permit
• a council rates notice that has your name and address
• a recent electricity, gas or water bill that has your name and address.

Find voting centres

How-to-vote card registration closed at 12 noon on Friday 24 April. We can't accept late registrations.

View registered how-to-vote cards

A how-to-vote card (HTVC for short) is a printed guide that explains how a person or group wants you to fill out your ballot paper. How-to-vote cards are a suggestion only – how you vote is up to you.

All how-to-vote cards must be properly authorised.

Anyone can create a how-to-vote card. In some situations, you must register your how-to-vote cards with us before you or your campaigners can hand them out. This helps voters identify who created the document.

You must register your how-to-vote cards with the election manager if you want:

• handed out on election day (Saturday 2 May) within 400 metres of a voting centre
• our mobile voting teams to carry them.

You don't need to register how-to-vote cards to hand them out during the early voting period from Wednesday 22 April to Friday 1 May.

Find out more about the rules for registering a how-to-vote card.

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Campaigning can start at any time, even before nominations open.

When campaigning, you must:

• properly authorise all electoral campaign material so it is clear who is accountable for it
• adhere to all non-electoral laws, such as those relating to defamation
• not distribute material that is likely to mislead voters into casting their vote incorrectly
• follow all political donations disclosure rules as soon as you publicly declare your intention to become a candidate, even if you don't end up nominating.

If you see something you think is in breach of the Electoral Act 2002, please submit a complaint. We'll investigate and let you know the outcome of your complaint.

Your vote will help shape Victoria

I have received a writ from the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, The Hon Maree Edwards, MP, issued on Friday 13 March, for the election of a member of the Legislative Assembly for Nepean District.

The writ specifies the following dates for the by-election:

Close of roll:
8 pm on Friday 20 March

Nominations close:
12 noon on Friday 10 April

Election day:
Saturday 2 May (voting from 8 am to 6 pm)

Return of the writ:
On or before Saturday 23 May

S. Bluemmel, Electoral Commissioner

Enrolling and voting

Am I enrolled to vote?

You are automatically enrolled for the Nepean District by-election if:

• you will be 18 years of age or over on Saturday 2 May and
• you are on the state electoral roll for your current address as at the close of roll and
• you live within the area shown on the map.

You need to enrol if:

• you are an Australian citizen aged 18 or over on Saturday 2 May and
• you have lived within the area shown on the map for at least a month and are not on the state electoral roll or
• you have lived within the area shown on the map for at least a month and have not updated your enrolment details, including any changes to your postal address.

How do I enrol or check/update my enrolment details?

You can enrol online at vec.vic.gov.au. You can also download an enrolment form from the website.

All enrolment applications must be received by the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) by the close of roll at 8 pm on Friday 20 March.

You can check or update your enrolment details online at vec.vic.gov.au at any time or call 131 832 during business hours.

Enrolling is compulsory

Enrolling is compulsory as is updating your enrolment details when you move to a different address.

However, if you have never enrolled or have let your details lapse, you will not be penalised if you enrol for this by-election.

When do I vote?

Election day is on Saturday 2 May.

Details of where to vote and other voting options will be available shortly, listed online at vec.vic.gov.au and advertised in major daily and local newspapers.

Candidates

Nominations

Registered political parties must nominate candidates at the VEC, Level 11, 530 Collins Street, Melbourne. Nominations close at 12 noon on Thursday 9 April. Late nominations cannot be accepted.

Candidates not endorsed by a registered political party must nominate at the election office with the election manager, who will supply a candidate information kit, which includes a nomination form.

Independent candidates can use the online Candidate Helper at vec.vic.gov.au to pre-complete their nomination form.

Independent candidate nominations close at 12 noon on Friday 10 April. Late nominations cannot be accepted.

An information session for independent candidates will be held online at 6 pm on Monday 16 March. Visit vec.vic.gov.au for more information.

Nepean District

Election office: 1/16 Dutton Street, Rosebud

Election manager: Peter Williams

Contact: 9678 1095

How-to-vote cards

If a person or organisation intends to distribute how-to-vote cards on election day, Saturday 2 May, the cards must be registered by the VEC.

Registered how-to-vote cards are the only form of printed electoral material that may be distributed within 400 metres of a voting centre on election day.

The period for submitting how-to-vote cards for registration is from 9 am on Monday 13 April to 12 noon on Friday 24 April.

Organisations or individuals, other than registered political parties, can submit how-to-vote cards for registration directly to the election manager or the VEC.

Registered political parties must submit their how-to-vote cards for registration to the VEC at Level 11, 530 Collins Street, Melbourne.

How-to-vote cards submitted for registration after 12 noon on Friday 24 April cannot be accepted.

Voting is compulsory for all enrolled electors in Nepean District.

Early voting

If you can't get to a voting centre on election day, Saturday 2 May, you can vote early. Check your early voting options.

Vote in person

Early voting is open from Wednesday 22 April to Friday 1 May. This includes Anzac Day, Saturday 25 April from 1 pm to 8 pm (closed on Sunday 26 April).

Vote between 9 am and 8 pm weekdays, until early voting closes at 6 pm on Friday 1 May at:

• Blairgowrie Community Hall, 12 William Road, Blairgowrie IWA
• Dromana Hub Shopping Centre, Shop 1/251 Point Nepean Road, Dromana IWA
• Rosebud Sea Scouts Hall, Rosebud Foreshore, Nepean Highway (opposite Fourth Avenue), Rosebud AWA

AWA: Wheelchair access with assistance

IWA: Independent wheelchair access

You don’t need a reason to vote early

Vote by post

Complete a postal vote application online at vec.vic.gov.au, or collect a postal vote application from any post office in Nepean District, or from the election office:

• 1/16 Dutton Street, Rosebud

Apply by 6 pm on Wednesday 29 April to have a ballot pack sent to you. Post your vote back to us by 6 pm Saturday 2 May.

Going away?

Before you leave:

Vote early either in person or by post.

While you're away

Apply to vote by post at vec.vic.gov.au by 6 pm on Wednesday 29 April. You can choose to have your ballot pack emailed to you so you can download, print and post your vote back to us by 6 pm Saturday 2 May.

Who can vote in this by-election?

Voting is compulsory for everyone on the state electoral roll for Nepean District as at 8 pm on Friday 20 March.

Visit vec.vic.gov.au to check your enrolment.

You can also enrol and vote on the spot. Just bring one of these documents when you visit an early voting centre or a voting centre on election day:

• an Australian passport, driver licence or learner permit, or
• a council rates notice in your name, or
• an electricity bill in your name for your current home address.

Voting is compulsory for all enrolled voters in Nepean District.

Vote Saturday

Who can vote?

Everyone on the state electoral roll for Nepean District can cast a vote at any voting centre on Saturday 2 May between 8 am and 6 pm.

If you are an Australian citizen aged 18 or over and living in Nepean District who has never enrolled, you can enrol and vote on the spot. Just bring one of these documents when you visit a voting centre:

• an Australian passport, driver licence or learner permit, or
• a council rates notice in your name, or
• an electricity bill in your name for your current home address.

How to vote correctly

You must complete your ballot paper correctly for your vote to count.

Put the number 1 in the box next to the candidate you most want to see elected, then number all the other boxes in order of your choice.

You must number every box and only use each number once.

Candidates

Candidates are listed below in the order they'll appear on the ballot paper:

• HERCUS, Darren - Pauline Hanson's One Nation
• SMITH, Reade - Affordable Housing Now – Sustainable Australia Party
• HEALY, Sianan - The Greens
• MARSH, Anthony - Liberal
• WILDE, Milton - End Mass Immigration – Reform AU
• ANGELICO, Peter - Libertarian
• HUTCHISON, Tracee
• THOMPSON, Renee - Legalise Cannabis

Voting is compulsory

Voting is compulsory for everyone on the state electoral roll for Nepean District as at 8 pm on Friday 20 March.

Visit vec.vic.gov.au to check your enrolment.

You may be fined if you do not vote.

Saturday 2 May is election day

Voting centres are open 8 am to 6 pm

Voting centres

1. Blairgowrie Community Hall, 12 William Road, Blairgowrie IWA
2. Boneo Community Hall, 572 Boneo Road, Boneo AWA
3. Dromana Community Hall, 2A Verdon Street (access via Hodgkinson Street), Dromana IWA
4. Dromana Hub Shopping Centre, Shop 1/251 Point Nepean Road, Dromana IWA
5. St John’s Anglican Church, 50 Barker Street (access via King Street), Flinders LNWA
6. Red Hill Consolidated School, 341 Arthurs Seat Road (access via Mornington-Flinders Road), Red Hill IWA
7. Rosebud Sea Scouts Hall, Rosebud Foreshore, Nepean Highway (opposite Fourth Avenue), Rosebud AWA
8. Rosebud Secondary College, 245 Eastbourne Road (access via Boneo Road), Rosebud IWA
9. Rye Civic Hall, 12 Napier Street, Rye AWA
10. Shoreham Community Hall, 67 Byrnes Road, Shoreham LNWA
11. Sorrento Community Centre, 860 Melbourne Road (access via Morce Avenue), Sorrento AWA
12. Tootgarook Primary School, 7 Carmichael Street, Tootgarook AWA
13. Bayview Church, 1 Inglewood Crescent, Rosebud IWA

AWA: Wheelchair access with assistance

IWA: Independent wheelchair access

LNWA: Limited or no wheelchair access

For more information visit vec.vic.gov.au or call 131 832.