The Tasmanian Electoral Commission yesterday announced it would uphold section 191 of the 2004 Tasmanian Electoral Act, which requires any electoral matter to be authorised.

Electoral Commissioner Bruce Taylor said electoral matter included any comment about the state poll and he would take a commonsense approach to policing websites.

Technology lobby group Digital Tasmania is seeking support to to have the provision not enforced during the election campaign and has written to Mr Taylor.

Digital Tasmania spokesman Andrew Connor said Section 191 of the Electoral Act 2004 was a backwards step for users of popular social networking sites.

"The sheer impracticality of enforcing this law on thousands of people in Tasmania and elsewhere commenting on this election is overwhelming."

"Those who do follow the letter of the law potentially expose themselves to harassment, stalking, physical abuse or identity theft.

"It is conceivable that such personally identifiable information may, once published, remain available online forever."

Mr Connor said the definition of electoral matter was so broad that any mention of the election could be construed to fall under this definition."

Digital Tasmania says the South Australian government has promised to repeal a similar section of its electoral laws.

Mr Taylor said an appropriate place to include authorisation on a website would be on a footer, or on a Facebook page, (or) in the box where you can write something about yourself.

Greens leader Nick McKim yesterday called for a review of the state's electoral laws as soon as Parliament reconvenes but stopped short on asking that the rules be relaxed in the current election.