Electoral Council of Australia (ECA)
The Electoral Council is a consultative council of Electoral Commissioners from the electoral authorities of the Commonwealth, States and Territories.
The ECA is guided by three key directions
- The need to keep pace with the Australian community's changing expectations regarding the delivery of electoral services through modernisation and innovation.
- Cooperation and coordination across electoral authorities, where statutes allow, to enhance the individual and collective delivery of electoral services to the Australian community.
- Informing the community and other political stakeholders through credible research and other information programs of the implication of electoral changes consistent with the challenges outlined in this document.
About the ECA
The ECA considers issues about the development and maintenance of the electoral roll for Commonwealth State, Territory and Local Government elections and matters of electoral administration, which have implication for Australian electoral authorities.
Electoral Systems
Australia's electoral systems vary widely between jurisdictions and between upper and lower houses. This area contains printable fact sheets that demonstrate the key differences.
Media release
New Telephone Voting Standard for Australian Elections
The Electoral Council of Australia (ECA), a consultative council of Commonwealth, States and Territories Electoral Commissioners, announced today it has developed a common standard for telephone voting.
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