As many as a third of Victorian voters will find themselves in new electorates when they go to the polls in November.
The VEC’s 2014 state election website goes live this week with all the details of who will be voting where, and other information about the November 29 poll.
Under new state electoral boundaries announced last year, 15 districts will be abolished and 15 new ones created, moving a million-plus voters
(29.27 per cent of electors) into different districts. The new districts are Eildon, Buninyong, Clarinda, Croydon, Euroa, Keysborough, Murray Plains, Ovens Valley, Ringwood, Rowville, St Albans, Sunbury, Sydenham, Wendouree and Werribee. Changes to upper house seats (aka regions) have not been as great, with no new regions created, although almost 400,000 electors have been shifted to different regions. Party candidates have until November 13 to declare their intent to stand, while independent candidates must nominate by November 14.
Writs for the election will be issued on November 4, with postal voting applications opening on November 5. On November 17, the VEC will distribute a new easy-to-vote guide to all voters with specific information about boundary changes affecting them. Early voting is from November 17-28, with early-voting centres included at Melbourne and Avalon airports. Visit: www.vec.vic.gov.au/Elections/2014VictorianStateelection.
Helen Grimaux
