About us
Richard Kidd, the principal of Australian Election Company, has extensive experience covering 34 years in the conduct of parliamentary, public and private sector Ballots and Elections. Richard privately funded, resourced, organised and managed Queensland's first ever totally outsourced Local Government Election. He has successfully managed and conducted the 2001, 2003 & 2005 NRMA Motoring & Services Board of Directors’ Elections and, together with his team, has conducted or supervised numerous Ballots or Elections for large and moderate scale Australian financial institutions, Commonwealth Government Departments, Corporations, Clubs and Societies.
The team has also successfully conducted a number of Queensland Local Authority Elections and By-Elections including supervision of all 2004 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Council Elections.Most members of our team possess Australian Electoral Commission career Returning Officer election experience. We are experts in our field. Our professionalism, integrity, accuracy and approaches are absolutely second to none and we provide only the optimum standard of service.
Australian Election Company offers a cost effective, proven and tested specialist service in the
conduct of Collective/Certified Agreement Ballots and our Ballot/Election Reporting definitely sets
the standard.
No Ballot or Election project is either too large or too small for Australian Election Company.
We operate Australia-wide and we possess the specialist knowledge, resources and scalability to
conduct Ballots and Elections, Referendums or Plebiscites from say 20 voters to over 2 million voters,
by Attendance, Postal or Electronic Voting means, or a combination of these. And we can accommodate a full
gamut of Voting Systems. Further, we are able to apply electronic scanning technologies to expedite
vote validation processing and counting. In addition, we also specialize in the conduct of Elections
or By-Elections for Queensland Local Government Authorities including Aboriginal Shire Councils and
for Torres Strait Island Community Councils.
Other Australian Election Company services include the provision of consultancy assistance to
clients to review election related governance requirements, AGM Returning Officer Services, we offer training in Returning
Officer functions, we provide a professional Ballot/ Election systems appraisal /compliance
service and we have Election equipment/materials including Voting Privacy Screens and Ballot Boxes
available for sale or hire.We invite you to contact us for advice on your specific needs or requirements.