Australian Electoral Commission

Australian Electoral Commission
Agency overview
Formed	21 February 1984
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Minister responsible	Gary Gray, Special Minister of State;
Agency executives	Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner; The Hon. Peter Heerey QC, Chairperson; Mr Brian Pink, Non-judicial member;
Parent agency	Department of Finance and Deregulation
Website	www.aec.gov.au

The Australian Electoral Commission, or the AEC, is the Australian federal government agency in charge of federal elections and referendums. State and local government elections are run by the Electoral Commission in each state and territory.

The AEC also draws the boundaries for seats and makes regular changes to keep all seats roughly equal in population numbers. It organizes Commonwealth electoral roll which is a list of people who can vote in elections. The electoral roll is used by the state and territory Electoral Commissions to for their elections.

The AEC also plays a leading role in electoral education and industrial voting (votes on industrial action).