Election Statistics Missing data on Prepoll and Postal returns

Election Day update: Although we were told that this information was available the VEC and the Chief Commisioner Mr Tully refused to provide copies of this information,. This is not a confidential document and should have been made available on request. Mr Tully's conduct of the election, his refusal to ensure an open and transparent election and other issues has brought the VEC and himself into direpute (see above posts)

UPDATE: I have just received another email that corrects the misleading information previously forwarded.

"The VEC does store these stats for internal use, I have modified our report for you and it is attached up to mid afternoon today. The PVAs on this report are those applied for only and do not include the 41,700 GPVs who were mailed ballot material without application."

This is a relief as the previous advice (extract below) was worrying... I will endevaour to update the table below as soon as I can.

--- End update ---

In reply to a request for information on the number of postal and prepoll votes that had been issued and received back by the VEC we received the following reply:

"Attached is a copy of returned postal and early votes so far (as of last night) there are a few more postal declarations returned but we haven't processed all yet. I don't have a breakdown by District of the number of postal votes issued though over 200,000 had been mailed as of last week. "

Of concern is the fact that what's missing is the number of postal ballot papers that have been issued. We have been told that the VEC does not record this statistic by each district

"Sorry can't do, we don't process them by District as our system works on a whole of State roll we have no need to records numbers District by District."

If the above statement is true then this is of serious concern to us. The number of ballot papers issued and returned should be readily available on the VEC's web site. It is fundamental that elections are open and transparent . The internet provides an efficient and affordable means of making this information available to the public and candidates alike.

We have sort confirmation of the advice have we received (Which must be wrong). We hope to provide a updated running daily tally of the number of postal votes issued/received in the lead up to Saturdays election. We will keep you posted.

Early voting finishes at 6pm on Friday and the last day for accepting Postal Votes application is 6pm Thursday.

Below is a list of postal and pre-polling ballots papers that have been received and processed by the VEC as of 7:55 Sunday Night.

Dec Votes Breakdown by District
State Election 2006
19-11-2006 19:55
District	Early Votes	Absent Votes	Postal Votes	Total
Albert Park District	904	0	375	1279
Altona District	854	0	200	1054
Ballarat East District	558	0	300	858
Ballarat West District	1171	0	600	1771
Bass District	658	0	400	1058
Bayswater District	615	0	525	1140
Bellarine District	867	0	475	1342
Benalla District	679	0	150	829
Benambra District	923	0	250	1173
Bendigo East District	705	0	350	1055
Bendigo West District	539	0	300	839
Bentleigh District	498	0	475	973
Box Hill District	574	0	450	1024
Brighton District	584	0	475	1059
Broadmeadows District	309	0	150	459
Brunswick District	572	0	175	747
Bulleen District	770	0	327	1097
Bundoora District	701	0	200	901
Burwood District	626	2	550	1178
Carrum District	737	0	275	1012
Caulfield District	1156	0	850	2006
Clayton District	515	0	200	715
Cranbourne District	538	1	525	1064
Dandenong District	653	0	300	953
Derrimut District	784	0	250	1034
Doncaster District	603	0	325	928
Eltham District	790	0	375	1165
Essendon District	842	0	275	1117
Evelyn District	636	0	400	1036
Ferntree Gully District	908	0	350	1258
Footscray District	829	0	275	1104
Forest Hill District	576	0	375	951
Frankston District	531	0	425	956
Geelong District	652	0	550	1202
Gembrook District	501	0	250	751
Gippsland East District	1058	0	50	1108
Gippsland South District	658	0	50	708
Hastings District	930	0	376	1306
Hawthorn District	704	0	275	979
Ivanhoe District	960	0	275	1235
Keilor District	720	0	275	995
Kew District	592	0	325	917
Kilsyth District	582	0	525	1107
Kororoit District	935	0	250	1185
Lara District	563	0	375	938
Lowan District	1256	0	75	1331
Lyndhurst District	526	0	250	776
Macedon District	1540	0	250	1790
Malvern District	682	0	250	932
Melbourne District	817	0	200	1017
Melton District	1182	0	150	1332
Mildura District	1400	0	0	1400
Mill Park District	499	0	200	699
Mitcham District	569	0	425	994
Monbulk District	408	0	225	633
Mordialloc District	468	0	325	793
Mornington District	813	0	300	1113
Morwell District	1180	0	225	1405
Mount Waverley District	702	0	350	1052
Mulgrave District	534	0	200	734
Murray Valley District	1266	0	50	1316
Narracan District	980	0	275	1255
Narre Warren North District	531	0	325	856
Narre Warren South District	695	0	475	1170
Nepean District	1291	0	750	2041
Niddrie District	511	0	351	862
Northcote District	704	0	300	1004
Oakleigh District	467	0	325	792
Pascoe Vale District	419	0	225	644
Polwarth District	446	0	100	546
Prahran District	590	0	150	740
Preston District	443	0	250	693
Richmond District	648	0	150	798
Ripon District	738	0	125	863
Rodney District	505	0	0	505
Sandringham District	628	0	450	1078
Scoresby District	721	0	350	1071
Seymour District	428	0	225	653
Shepparton District	862	0	75	937
South Barwon District	712	0	450	1162
South-West Coast District	1785	0	75	1860
Swan Hill District	441	0	0	441
Tarneit District	804	0	125	929
Thomastown District	284	0	150	434
Warrandyte District	621	0	375	996
Williamstown District	620	0	150	770
Yan Yean District	693	0	225	918
Yuroke District	486	0	125	611
	63955	3	25554	89512

Update information provided on Postal Voting Applications - Missing Statistics on the 41,700 GPV Applications

Postal Voting Summary - CPC
State Election 2006
Batch Numbers:
1 - 18120
Print DateTime:
20-Nov-2006
03:47:24 PM
Vote Type
Number Processed
Albert Park District
2,710
Altona District
1,002
Ballarat East District
2,160
Ballarat West District
2,097
Bass District
2,999
Bayswater District
2,540
Bellarine District
Benalla District
1,804
Benambra District
2,169
Bendigo East District
1,972
Bendigo West District
2,223
Bentleigh District
2,705
Box Hill District
3,222
Brighton District
2,770
Broadmeadows District
870
Brunswick District
1,181
Bulleen District
2,323
Bundoora District
1,478
Burwood District
2,996
Carrum District
2,160
Caulfield District
3,380
Clayton District
1,340
Cranbourne District
2,541
Dandenong District
1,690
Derrimut District
714
Doncaster District
2,547
Eltham District
2,285
Essendon District
1,247
Evelyn District
2,649
Ferntree Gully District
2,490
Footscray District
1,182
Forest Hill District
2,451
Frankston District
2,392
Geelong District
2,245
Gembrook District
2,782
Gippsland East District
1,550
Gippsland South District
1,425
Hastings District
2,288
Hawthorn District
2,422
Ivanhoe District
1,815
Keilor District
Kew District
2,376
Kilsyth District
2,955
Kororoit District
922
Lara District
1,735
Lowan District
1,320
Lyndhurst District
1,883
Macedon District
2,448
Malvern District
2,485
Melbourne District
1,827
Melton District
1,233
Mildura District
856
Mill Park District
1,271
Mitcham District
2,975
Monbulk District
2,223
Mordialloc District
2,411
Mornington District
2,233
Morwell District
1,437
Mount Waverley District
3,140
Mulgrave District
1,702
Murray Valley District
878
Narracan District
2,294
Narre Warren North District
2,504
Narre Warren South District
3,281
Nepean District
3,149
Niddrie District
1,328
Northcote District
1,138
Oakleigh District
2,426
Pascoe Vale District
1,109
Polwarth District
1,657
Prahran District
2,346
Preston District
1,224
Richmond District
1,539
Ripon District
1,724
Rodney District
1,215
Sandringham District
2,869
Scoresby District
2,742
Seymour District
2,890
Shepparton District
616
South Barwon District
2,347
South-West Coast District
1,748
Swan Hill District
884
Tarneit District
1,531
Thomastown District
957
Warrandyte District
2,711
Williamstown District
1,761
Yan Yean District
2,366
Yuroke District
1,643
Totals - All Electorates
176,612
Accepted Applications Processed


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