Failure to vote notices to be issued Residents in the Warrnambool City, Moyne and Corangamite Shire's are set to be among around 350,000 Victorian residents, in line to receive a 'please explain' notice this week. The Apparent Failure to Vote Notice is legislatively required to be sent to those who appear not to have voted in the 2020 local council elections, and provides an opportunity to explain what has happened. It follows one of the healthiest participation rates ever in local council elections in October 2020, with the figure around 40% lower than the number of notices sent out in 2016. Electoral Commissioner, Warwick Gately, stressed the importance of recipients responding with a detailed explanation and asked that the notice is not ignored.