Summary
Amends the:
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to: make completion of a qualification checklist compulsory in relation to candidate nominations; enable candidates to lodge their nominations and certain other documents electronically; and allow a senior Australian Electoral Commission staff member rather than a senior Divisional Returning Officer to be on the Redistribution Committee for the Australian Capital Territory; and
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
and
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
to amend various aspects of voting and scrutiny processes.