The WA Electoral Commission acknowledges the limitations in the planning processes for the 2025 State General Election. The WA Electoral Commission will review all planning processes to improve accuracy of allocation of election resources and to move towards more dynamic, data driven, best practice planning processes.
Read the Government response to these recommendations.
The WA Electoral Commission should undertake further analysis of the assumptions and calculations applied by it into Election Management System for Western Australia for the purposes of determining the allocation of election resources for each Polling Place at a State election.
The WA Electoral Commission should consult with subject matters experts with election experience, about Election Management System for Western Australia Polling Place Rationale for the purposes of continually monitoring and determining the allocation of election resources for each Polling Place at a State election.