Legislation
Elections ACT carries out its work in accordance with certain legislation.
ACT electoral legislation
You can view all ACT legislation on the ACT Legislation Register.
- Electoral Act 1992
- Electoral Regulation 1993
- Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1994
- Proportional Representation (Hare-Clark) Entrenchment Act 1994
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body Act 2008
- Magistrates Court (Electoral Infringement Notices) Regulation 2012
- Australian Capital Territory (Legislative Assembly) Act 2014
Commonwealth legislation
The ACT Legislative Assembly enacts the ACT’s electoral legislation under the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988.
Electoral amendment bills
There are currently no electoral amendment bills before the Assembly.
Previous Assembly elections
Education
Fact sheets
- Fact sheet - The ACT Electoral Commission & Elections ACT
- Fact sheet - Authorising electoral material
- Fact sheet - Candidate information statements
- Fact sheet - Casual vacancies
- Fact sheet - Compulsory voting
- Fact sheet - Electoral expenditure cap
- Fact sheet - Electoral information for ACT voters experiencing homelessness
- Fact sheet - Electoral information for homelessness agency workers
- Fact sheet - Enrolment and voting for people with a disability
- Fact sheet - Electoral information for families and carers
- Fact sheet - Glossary
- Fact sheet - Hare Clark
- Fact sheet - How to register a political party for ACT Legislative Assembly elections
- Fact sheet - Nomination of candidates
- Fact sheet - Non-party candidates
- Fact sheet - Prisoner enrolment and voting
- Fact sheet - Prohibited donors
- Fact sheet - Redistributions
- Fact sheet - Referendums
- Fact sheet - Regular reporting of gifts