Electoral Commissioner

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The Electoral Commissioner is the chief executive and chief electoral officer responsible for overseeing the conduct and administration of federal elections and referendums in Australia.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government position ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appointedBy Governor-General of Australia ⓘ
appointedFor fixed term ⓘ
chiefElectoralOfficerOf Australia ⓘ
chiefExecutiveOf Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
collaboratesWith state and territory electoral authorities ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
ensures compliance with federal electoral law ⓘ
integrity of federal elections ⓘ
integrity of federal referendums ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of Australia ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Australian Electoral Commission staff ⓘ
headOf Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 ⓘ
levelOfGovernment federal ⓘ
locatedIn Canberra ⓘ
memberOf Australian Electoral Commission (three-member Commission) ⓘ
oversees electoral boundary redistributions (federal) ⓘ
federal electoral processes ⓘ
federal referendum processes ⓘ
partOf Australian Public Service ⓘ
reportsTo Australian Parliament ⓘ
Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of federal elections ⓘ
administration of federal referendums ⓘ
conduct of federal elections ⓘ
conduct of federal referendums ⓘ
disclosure of federal political donations ⓘ
enrolment procedures for federal elections ⓘ
implementation of federal electoral legislation ⓘ
issuing federal election writs (operationally) ⓘ
maintenance of the Commonwealth electoral roll ⓘ
management of federal election logistics ⓘ
managing federal pre-poll and postal voting arrangements ⓘ
public funding of federal election campaigns ⓘ
public information on federal election results ⓘ
registration of federal political parties ⓘ
vote counting in federal elections ⓘ
vote counting in federal referendums ⓘ
voter education at the federal level ⓘ
scope nationwide ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
subjectTo Australian law ⓘ
oversight by Australian Parliament ⓘ
worksOn electoral reform proposals (federal) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australian Electoral Commission → ledBy → Electoral Commissioner ⓘ
AEC → hasChairperson → Electoral Commissioner ⓘ
ACT Electoral Commission → hasRole → Electoral Commissioner for the ACT ⓘ
linked to: Electoral Commissioner
Divisional Returning Officers → subordinateTo → Electoral Commissioner of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Electoral Commissioner
Divisional Returning Officers → relatedRole → Electoral Commissioner of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Electoral Commissioner