Information for Voters
Enrolment and voting
The Victorian Electoral Commission has a range of advice on enrolment and voting in the elections available here.
General Information
A guide to local council elections is available on the Know Your Council website along with lots of information about council responsibilities and performance.
Information for Candidates
Candidate Training
All candidates must complete Local Government Candidate Training before they are able to nominate.
You must complete the training before formally nominating as a candidate.
You can find out more and take the course here.
It's Our Time
It’s Our Time is a campaign to motivate and support Victorian women to stand for council in the upcoming local government elections.
The campaign aims to support any woman, of any age, from all across Victoria to gain the know-how, skills and confidence to take her place at the table of some of the biggest decisions of our generation. Find out more here.
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Safe Campaigning Guidelines
These guidelines will help candidates in regional Victoria understand how to comply with the directions of the Victorian Chief Health Officer, and how to stay safe while campaigning.
Advice for scrutineers at the council elections
Victoria moved to Last Step of the roadmap for reopening from 11:59pm on 22 November.
If you are scrutineering for elections, maintain 1.5 metres from those you don’t live with, wear a fitted face mask when indoors or when physical distancing cannot be observed and regularly wash your hands with soap and water or use hand sanitiser regularly.
Please contact the VEC for further information about your responsibilities to be COVIDSafe whilst undertaking scrutineering.
Victorian Electoral Commission
The VEC publishes a range of guidance materials for candidates in the Local Government elections, including advice on eligibility, the nominations process and campaigning available here.
Election Integrity
The Local Government Inspectorate is the integrity agency for local government in Victoria.
They publish a range of guidance on election donations and other integrity matters available here.