Council elections candidates

Accessing candidate information for the 2016 Victorian local council elections

Nominations for the 78 Victorian councils undergoing elections this October open on Thursday 15 September. Candidate information will be progressively made available on the VEC website from Thursday—check individual council election pages at vec.vic.gov.au/Elections/2016LocalCouncilElections.html and see details below. Finding out who has nominated Candidates for each council will be updated progressively on the VEC website during the nomination period, from Thursday 15 September until 12 noon Tuesday 20 September. The list will be updated twice-daily each weekday during the nomination period. No nominations will be taken over the weekend. Accessing the final list of candidates Following the close of nominations at 12 noon Tuesday 20 September, each council’s Returning Officer will conduct a ballot draw for each election to determine the order that candidates’ names will appear on the ballot paper. This final list of candidates, in ballot paper order, will be available on the VEC website late Tuesday afternoon. Candidate contact information Contact details for candidates, where provided, will be available on the VEC website as candidates are listed during the nomination period. A list will also be posted at the end of the day at each council’s election office. Candidate questionnaires, statements and how-to-vote cards 2016 council election candidates have the option of completing a questionnaire to allow voters to compare candidates’ experience. Answers, where provided, will be available on the VEC website from Thursday 22 September. For postal elections, candidate statements and photographs, where provided, will be available online from Monday 26 September. For attendance elections, the VEC website will note which candidates, groups, individuals or organisations have registered a how-to-vote card from Wednesday 21 September. Registered how-to-vote cards are available for inspection at the relevant election office.