Election manual
We are required under Victoria's Electoral Act 2002 to publish the election manual. The election manual is a collection of documents with directions on how to complete important election processes. These instructions might include processes related to:
- voting
- vote processing and vote exchange
- counting and results.
You can read our determination about publishing the election manual.
The documents below currently make up our election manual. We may add, update or remove documents here over time. You can find copies of these documents in our election manual document portal.
There may be images or diagrams in these documents that cannot be read by a screenreader. Please contact us on 131 832 if you need an alternative copy of these documents.
- 2-party-preferred count guide
- Ballot paper formality rules - district and region
- Centralised activity site counting team leader guide
- Counting team leader guide: counts in hubs after election weekend
- Early vote primary count and 2CP guide
- Early voting centre manager manual
- Early voting centre officer manual
- Early voting liaison officer manual
- Election liaison officer manual
- Election official manual
- Guide to early vote processing on election day
- Guide to mobile vote processing and counts on election night
- Guide to the vote exchange in hubs
- Guide to vote exchange at the centralised activity site
- Interstate and overseas voting manual
- Mobile voting manual
- Overseas postal vote collection manual
- Pack-up officer guide
- Post-recheck-3-candidate-preferred count guide
- Telephone-assisted voting: registration call centre manual
- Telephone-assisted voting: voting call centre manual
- VEC direction 002/2026 - Issued with respect to the counting of votes
- Voting centre manager guide