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| Parliamentary Joint Committee on Electoral Matters

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The 2010 Federal Election - Report on the conduct of the election and related matters

June 2011

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Preliminary pages - Chair’s foreword	(PDF 149KB)

Chapter 1 Introduction	(PDF 51KB)
Scope of the inquiry Conduct of the inquiry Structure of the report

Chapter 2 2010 election overview and key issues	(PDF 134KB)
Background including significant events Administration of the 2010 federal election Comments on the conduct of the 2010 federal election Legislative changes in force at the 2010 federal election Committee conclusion

Chapter 3 Maintaining the electoral roll	(PDF 221KB)
Background Committee conclusion Flexible enrolment and roll maintenance processes Committee conclusion Objections to enrolment Committee conclusion

Chapter 4 Polling and voting	(PDF 300KB)
Ordinary votes Committee conclusion Pre-poll declaration votes Committee conclusion Postal voting Committee conclusion Absent voting Committee conclusion Voting for blind and low vision electors Committee conclusion Antarctic voting Committee conclusion How-to-Vote cards Committee conclusion

Chapter 5 Safeguarding the franchise	(PDF 66KB)
Background Rowe v Electoral Commissioner Roach v Electoral Commissioner Committee conclusion

Chapter 6 Reinstatement to the roll	(PDF 166KB)
Background Reinstatement – ensuring the voting franchise is not lost Provisional votes – reinstate or reject? Committee conclusion

Chapter 7 Formality issues	(PDF 396KB)
Requirements for a formal vote Informal voting in the 2010 federal election Historical context to Senate voting changes Factors affecting informal voting Addressing informality through education Saving informal votes in the House of Representatives Optional preferential voting Progressive informality voting system South Australian ticket voting Committee conclusion

Chapter 8 Redistribution of electoral boundaries	(PDF 396KB)
Background The 2010 redistribution of Victoria Committee conclusion

Chapter 9 Other issues	(PDF 112KB)
Ballot papers Nomination deposits Committee conclusion Nominations period and commencement of pre-polling Committee conclusion Overseas voting and expatriates Committee conclusion Senate ballot paper packaging Committee conclusion Undertakings by persons employed by the AEC Committee conclusion Impact of election earnings for polling staff employed by the AEC Committee conclusion Referenda

Dissenting report – The Hon. Bronwyn Bishop MP, The Hon. Alex Somlyay MP, Senator Scott Ryan, Senator Simon Birmingham	(PDF 141KB)
Summary of Opposition recommendations Dissenting report Fraudulent Voting ‘Automatic’ enrolment AEC and ALP submissions Election Day enrolment Electronic signatures Electoral Roll cleansing Pre-poll enrolments Postal vote applications Cut-off date for receipt of postal vote applications Declaration votes South Australian ticket voting Close of nominations Contracts for Election Day officials
Additional comments—Senator Scott Ryan - Additional comments regarding Recommendations 25 and 26	(PDF 46KB)
The Labor proposal Optional preferential voting Some other issues Conclusion

Appendix A – Submissions and Exhibits	(PDF 65KB)

Appendix B – Public hearings	(PDF 56KB)

Appendix C – Selected data	(PDF 477KB)

Appendix D – Status of 2007 federal election majority report recommendations	(PDF 140KB)