Behind the Scenes: The AEC's 1998 Federal Election Report
Updated: 5 December 2007
Contents
- History of electoral administration
- The role of the Australian Electoral Commission
- The structure of the Australian Electoral Commission
- Redistribution of electoral boundaries
- Electoral legislative amendments
- Issue of the writs
- 1998 federal election timetable
- Points of interest – specific to the 1998 federal election
- Who could vote?
- Close of rolls
- Special enrolment
- The electoral roll
- Who could nominate as a candidate?
- Declaration of nominations
- Nominations overview
- Nominations system
- Draw for ballot paper positions
- Senate group voting tickets
- Printing of ballot papers
- Training
- Pre-poll and postal voting
- Overseas voting
- Mobile polling
- Antarctic voting
- Infrastructure logistics
- Voting equipment
- Types of votes
- Voting systems
- How to vote
- How the votes are counted
- Formal and informal votes
- Informal Voting
- Polling places
- How-to-vote cards
- Issuing of ballot papers
- Scrutineers during polling
- Counting at polling places
- House of Representatives count on election night
- Senate count on election night
- National Tally Room
- Internet 'Virtual tally room'
- Fresh scrutiny of ordinary votes
- Declaration vote scrutiny
- Computerised senate scrutiny
- Scanning
- Declaration of the polls
- Return of the writs
Division of Newcastle – Supplementary Election
- Election timetable
- Electoral roll
- Nominations
- Polling day
- Return of the writ
- Advertising
- Public relations
- Publications
- Elector leaflet
- National telephone enquiry service
- Telephone interpreting service
- Internet
- Special target groups
- Election funding
- Receipt of returns
- Registered political parties
- Injunctions
- Petitions to the Court of Disputed Returns
- Federal parliamentary inquiry
- Operational reviews
- Public information campaign reviews
- Post-election elector survey
- Review of the training of polling staff program
- Internal audit
- List of international guests
- List of overseas posts and votes issued
- Election cost estimates
- 1998 election publications
- Central and Head Office Addresses
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