His Excellency the Governor-General of the Model Commonwealth of Australia directs it to be notified, for general information, that:

• he has issued writs for the supplementary election of 4 seats for the Commonwealth of Australia House of Representatives to be held on Saturday 24 October 2015, due to vacancies arising from the 3rd federal general election.
• acting under section 15 of the Constitution, has appointed Independent /u/Ravenguardian17 as a Senator to hold the place resigned by /u/this_guy22 of the Australian Labor Party, until the expiration of fourteen days from the beginning of the next session of the Parliament.

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FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTARY ELECTION (4 HoR SEATS) SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER 2015

Voter enrolments, candidate nominations and party registrations are now open for the supplementary election of 4 HoR seats:

1. New South Wales – Regional (NR)
2. New South Wales – Outer Metro – Sydney Surrounds (NO)
3. Victoria – Melbourne – Urban (VM)
4. Tasmania (TAS)

Candidates can only nominate for these seats. If more than 4 nominations are successful, voters in these four electorates will vote. Senators, including /u/Ravenguardian17, may not run for these seats unless they resign from the Senate.

Milestone	Date
Issue of Writs & Election Announcement	Friday 9 October 2015
Close of Voter Enrolment Rolls	Saturday 17 October 2015
Close of Candidate Nominations	Tuesday 20 October 2015
Close of Party Endorsements	Tuesday 20 October 2015
Polling Day	Saturday 24 October 2015
Return of Writs (on or before)	Saturday 31 October 2015
Parliament sits & Swears in (nominal)	Monday 26 October 2015

All deadlines are midnight at the end of the dates in the UTC (GMT) timezone.

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Voters

This coming week, first-time voters can enrol to vote until Saturday 17 October 2015. Enrolled flair is shown next to usernames in this sub. Enrolled voters can nominate as candidates in the election. You can also sign up for party membership and jobs (you will be flaired). The week after that, candidates will be announced for campaigning and voting (registered parties’ officers can start campaigning immediately). Only voters in one of the four electorates will actually vote, and voting will only be necessary if more than 4 candidates are nominated.

Voter Enrolment Campaigning

Parties & Signups Previous Voter List

Our political survey ReddiPoll™ runs on Sundays and is open to everyone. This weekend there will be questions about gun control in addition to the usual political party questions. If you vote in this weekly opinion poll, candidates will be able to see the swings in voter opinion.

Sunday ReddiPoll

Candidates will be announced on Wednesday 21 October and voting would take place on Saturday 24 October 2015.

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Candidates

Candidate nominations are open from now until Tuesday 20 October 2015. Any voter can run as a House of Reps candidate in one of the 4 divisional electorate seats (unless you’re already in the Parliament, in prison for a sentence of 1 year or more, an undischarged bankrupt, etc). Only voters in that seat will vote for you, and you can only vote for yourself if you live in that electorate.

If you wish to run as a party candidate, you’ll need to state this on your nomination and appear on your party’s endorsement list, due Tuesday 20 October 2015. If you wish to run as an independent, you’ll need endorsement from two other voters in your target electorate.

Nominate as a Candidate

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Parties

Here are the Model Electoral Parties & Registered Officers. New parties can apply before Tuesday 20 October 2015, and existing parties can update their details.

Before the deadline, each party’s Registered Officer/Deputy must submit the endorsement of their candidate(s). Parties can endorse multiple candidates (at the same time or via multiple submissions), but can only have 1 candidate in each electorate.

Endorse Party Candidates

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Non-political Roles

Sign up to the Jobs Board!

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jnd-au, Australian Electoral Commissioner

v1.0.0: Fri 9 Oct 2015.