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Electoral Amendment (Group Voting and Vote Counting) Bill 2026

Upper House — as recorded: Council - second readingAs recorded by the source: Council - second reading
Parliament
Parliament of Victoria
Introduced
3 Feb 2026
Latest stage
4 Feb 2026
Introduced by
Mr Aiv Puglielli
Stage detail
Council - second reading

What the bill says it does

The purposes of this Act are to amend the Electoral Act 2002— (a) to abolish the use of group voting tickets in Council elections; and (b) to change the way surplus votes are counted in Council elections.

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Timeline

  1. First reading passedLegislative Council

    3 Feb 2026

  2. Second reading movedLegislative Council

    4 Feb 2026

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    Source: Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Victoria (legislation.vic.gov.au). Last checked by FOCUp 15 Sept 2026. Read via structured data endpoint. Category assigned by FOCUp's published rules (matched: electoral, election, elections). About this source