Voting closes this Sunday at 11pm

This email includes reminders and information about enrolment and voting,
the Future Dreaming Festival this weekend, final e-newsletter out to voters,
dates to access in-kind financial support, and more.

Enrolment and Voting: final days

·       The deadline to enrol online is Sunday, 20 October 2019 at 9pm.

·       The deadline to vote is Sunday, 20 October 2019 at 11pm.

·       Up until that time, community members can enrol online, and vote online or via post, if a postal ballot has been requested.

·       Community members can enrol and vote online on the same day, but due to processing times it is not recommended to leave it too late.

A critical role of candidates is to encourage community to enrol and vote. Talk to your friends, family, colleagues and community members and inform them of how they can get involved by enrolling and voting.

Future Dreaming Festival

The Future Dreaming Festival is taking place Saturday, 19 October 2019
from 4pm - 8pm at the Coburg Velodrome.

This free music event is an opportunity for community to come together and celebrate 80,000 years of black strength, resilience and excellence. Community can cast their vote while enjoying an array of First Nations musical talent and complementary food. Polling will be available for community for the duration of the event.

This is a great opportunity for candidates to talk with community about what you stand for and what you hope to achieve if elected to the First Peoples’ Assembly.

You can access the flyer via Facebook or click here.

Final email newsletter

The fourth and final email newsletter will be distributed this Friday, 18 October 2019 and content for this newsletter must be received by midday, Thursday 17 October. 

The newsletter is a valuable opportunity to distribute messages directly to voters in your region. This can include communicating messages about what you stand for and why people should vote for you.

Participation is optional. To contribute please send your content to candidates@victreatyadvancement.org.au by midday, Thursday 17 October.

Content must by no more than 200 words and in a Microsoft Word compatible format
(.doc .docx .txt). You may include a photo in .jpg, .jpeg, .png or .bmp format, high resolution, named with your first and last name.

Final dates for accessing in-kind support

For your information, candidates can access funding towards social media advertising 
up until 12pm on Friday, 18 October 2019​. 

Candidates can claim travel reimbursement up until 5pm on Saturday, 30 November 2019.

Full details of how to access this support are in the Candidate Support Guide. The deadlines for accessing in-kind printing and distribution of campaign material have now passed.

The voting process explained

The Commission has released a video on how the votes are counted in the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria election. The video also explains how the gender quota counting process. You can access a video on the voting process here.

Further information regarding scrutineering and the vote count will be sent to you soon.

Contact us

If you have any questions, or want to access candidate support, please don't hesitate to call us at (1800 873 289) option 3 or email candidates@victreatyadvancement.org.au.
We are here to answer your questions.