Media centre
Our Communication team is your contact for all media enquiries and requests.
We can help media with:
- interview requests with our people
- filming and photography during elections
- information about election services and election regulation.
At times, there will be limits on the information we can provide due to legal or administrative restrictions.
We're committed to transparency and make a range of electoral data and information available on this website, including:
- election results
- publications, including strategic plans, submissions and reports
- research, including analysis of enrolment, voting and state election trends.
Read more about our regulatory approach and how we promote transparency through public comment.
2026 state election
Find information and resources for the 2026 state election.
Download the media handbook for a summary of key guidelines, statistics, election processes and general information for media.
Download the media handbookAccess images, reports and other assets through the media portal
Visit our 2026 state election pages for information about enrolment, voting, candidate nominations, key dates and electoral law changes.
2026 state election | See the writs for the 2026 state election
Attend a voting centre
Voting centre locations and opening hours will be published on the VEC website from Wednesday 4 November.
If you would like to visit a voting centre during the voting period or the count, please contact the VEC Communication team beforehand at communication@vec.vic.gov.au to arrange your visit. On arrival, please check in with the venue manager and complete our visitor registration form.
Filming and photography guidelines
Voting centre staff are focused on making sure voting is secure and processes are met. When filming or taking photographs at voting centres, we ask that you:
- do not block access to the venue
- do not film personal details of voters or candidates
- only capture ballot papers from a distance and at an angle so that they cannot be read
- do not enter or film any ballot paper secure storage zone
- respect the wishes of anyone who does not want to be photographed or filmed.
Please direct requests for interviews with staff to the VEC Communication team.
Visitor registration form
We encourage anyone who will be attending any voting centre during the election period to complete our visitor registration form. This is part of how we will make sure that site visitors and our staff are safe while at a voting centre.
Visitors can include:
- campaigners
- contractors
- media
- election observers.
Voters do not need to register as visitors.
Our health, safety and wellbeing team may access the information you provide in this form in the event of an emergency or serious incident. We also may use the emergency contact details you provide if there is an emergency or incident at the site you’re visiting.
We won’t access this information for any other purposes, and we won’t store any personal information on site. There’s more privacy information in the form.
Register as a visitorYou can also scan the QR code at our election venues to access the form.
Results data feed
We provide a machine-readable results data feed for use by media and analysts. The feed provides the same information that is available on the VEC website but is in a format designed for software used by broadcast and digital publication systems.
Latest media releases
Read our latest media releases for election updates, announcements and key information for media.