Victorian State Elections 2022

On 26 November 2022, voters will elect the 60th Victorian Parliament, choosing representatives in 88 Legislative Assembly districts and 8 Legislative Council regions.  These notes are taken from the website of the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC).  Please go their website here to find more information on VEC and their management of the election.

As the independent electoral umpire responsible for fair and impartial election delivery, the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) is expanding its services to meet the needs of an additional 220,000 voters enrolled across the state since 2018. The VEC is recruiting more than 15,000 people to operate over 1700 early and election day voting centres, servicing
nearly 4.4 million voters in total.

New electoral boundaries will apply for this election (they were redrawn in October 2021) and just over 21% of voters will find themselves voting in a different electorate. Additionally, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and labour shortage continue to pose significant challenges. The VEC must consider these factors, along with changes in voting behaviour,
particularly the growth in early voting, as it prepares for the election

Sorting fact from fiction

VEC provides hints and tips on how to sort fact from fiction when considering who you should vote for, how elections are managed  and how you vote is counted.  Their Misinformation Register challenges many of the myths that bedevil voting and elections.

From the Editors

Eastsider News covers several State Lower House electorates in eastern Melbourne including Ashwood, Box Hill, Glen Waverley, Kew, Hawthorn, and Warrandyte. We invited candidates in these electorates to tell us something about themselves and why they were standing.

Thank you to all the candidates who responded to our invitation.  Please follow the links below to hear from candidates in your electorate:

Eastsider News does not presume to tell people who to vote for. We want to help voters in their choice by providing relevant information about emerging key issues, and giving candidates an opportunity to speak about why they are standing and what they stand for.

In the time before the Victorian state election on 26 November, Eastsider News reflects on the last election, where we are now, and our hopes for the future.  We encourage our readers to investigate those issues that are important to them and to vote for the candidate that they believe most reflects the policies that they want to see implemented.

In our editorial published in the October 2022 edition, we highlighted some of the policy matters that will be canvassed by candidates.  Read here.