CONSULTATIONS CLOSE 11.59pm on Friday 27 February 2026 for the “Inquiry into the 2025 Local Elections”
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“Public submissions are now being called for the Inquiry into the 2025 Local Elections
The closing date for submissions is 11.59pm on Friday, 27 February 2026
The Justice Committee has opened an inquiry into the 2025 Local Elections and is now seeking public submissions. The committee has issued the following terms of reference for the inquiry.
The inquiry will examine the law and administrative procedures for the conduct of the 2025 Local Elections with a particular focus on:
- voting processes, including:
o reports of people being removed from rolls or switched between them
o the number of disallowed special votes
o outcomes of recent changes to the delivery of voting papers and returns, such as increased use of DX mail and orange bins in supermarkets
o use of telephone dictation voting for voters who are blind, vision-impaired, or physically unable to mark their voting paper
o the appropriateness of the use of mobile voting booths.- electoral integrity, including disinformation or misinformation
- consideration of the role of councils and their staff when determining voting arrangements, and their relationships with the electoral agencies responsible for conducting the voting.
What do you need to know?
- Submissions are publicly released and published to the Parliament website. Only your name or organisation’s name is required on a submission. Please keep your contact details separate, as if they are included on the submission they will become publicly available when the submission is released.
- If you wish to include information of a private or personal nature in your submission you should discuss this with the clerk of the committee before submitting.
If you wish to speak to your submission, please state this clearly.
Further guidance on making a submission can be found from the ‘How to make a submission’ link in the ‘Related documents’ panel.
