By-elections are being held in the seats of Canberra and Melbourne.

Timeline

Candidate submission deadline: Saturday 17th June 6pm

Campaigning: Saturday 17th June - Friday 23rd June (inclusive)

How To Vote (HTV) card deadline: Wednesday 21st June midnight

Election day (results calculated): Saturday 24th June

Official results announced: Sunday 25th June

All times are in Canberra time. There will be polls throughout the campaign. Results may be released on Saturday if they are ready.

Campaigning

Campaigning will take place on r/AusSimCampaigning.

Endorsements

Endorsements are for parties to encourage voters to vote for another candidate. To endorse a candidate, you will need to make a campaign post endorsing them. You may change your endorsement at any time; however, this will diminish the effectiveness severely.

How To Vote Cards

All candidates and parties will be able to submit a How To Vote (HTV) card after the official announcement of candidates. HTV cards will instruct voters how to distribute their preferences. 75% of a candidate’s voters will follow the HTV card.

HTV cards must be submitted to the EC using a form that will be provided after the official announcement of candidates.

HTV cards will be due at midnight on Wednesday 21st June and revealed by the Electoral Commission on Thursday 22nd June.

Post Limits

• Candidates will have four posts they can use on any day of the campaign. However, posting all your posts on one day will diminish the effectiveness.
• Parties will get one post in each by-election which cannot be posted by the candidate. For parties not contesting, this is the post they can use for their endorsement.

Post Titles

Normal post title rules apply. All posts must have a correctly formatted title to make it easier for readers, markers and for automatic flairs:

[Pearce - 23rd - Post 1] model-vivienne campaigns for Hunter Valley statehood in Perth
[Moncrieff - 24th - Post 2] model-vivienne visits Moncrieff to deliver a radio interview in support of Hunter Valley statehood
[Moncrieff - (your party) Party Post] Random party leader makes a stop in Moncrieff
[HTV] How to vote for Jim in Pearce

Each post is required to be labelled with the date and post number as shown above.

Candidate submission

This form can be used by parties and independents to submit candidates. Candidates running on behalf of a party must have their candidacy submitted by the Party Leader. Party Leaders and independent candidates must verify their submission by replying to this thread.