In order to be able to vote in City of South Perth Council elections
you need to be enrolled to vote. Enrolment eligibility claims may
be submitted to the City any time before close of rolls for the
elections due in October 2009.
Residents of the City are eligible to vote in Council elections if
they are eligible to vote in State Elections and are listed on the
State electoral roll. You will be eligible to vote if you voted
in the last State election and have not changed your address
since then.
If you are a resident of the City and you wish to check whether you are
enrolled to vote please visit the Western Australian Electoral
Commission web site, choose the “Enrolment” menu item and
then click on “Check Your Enrolment.” Enter your
details into the electronic form that appears and your details will be
checked against the State Electoral Roll. If you are enrolled to
vote your details will be confirmed and information about your
enrolment will appear. You will also be informed if you are not
enrolled to vote or your details are incorrect.
To make an application for inclusion on the State Electoral Roll please
print the following form, compete it and return it in an envelope (no
postage required) addressed to:
Reply Paid 1098 - PERTH
Australian Electoral Commission
GPO Box 9867
PERTH WA 6848
Click here to obtain an
Application for Inclusion on the State Electoral Roll (Form 1)
Application forms for inclusion on the State electoral roll are also
available from the Civic Centre and Sir Walter Murdoch Libraries Civic
Centre and Manning Branches.
You may be eligible to vote in Council elections if you own property
within the City of South Perth but are not a resident of the
City. In order to make an enrolment eligibility claim as an
absent owner of property in the City please complete the following form
and return it to the Electoral Officer at the City of South Perth
(contact details below). The application form is also available
at the Civic Centre and Sir Walter Murdoch Library Civic Centre and
Manning Branches. Please ensure that you include your date of
birth when completing the form. The Electoral Officer will
consider your claim, decide whether you are eligible and inform you of
your enrolment in writing.
Click here to obtain an
Application for inclusion on the owners and occupiers roll (Form 2)
You may be eligible to vote in Council elections if you are an
occupier of property within the City of South Perth but are not
enrolled on the State electoral roll as a resident of the City.
This category applies to the occupiers of business premises
within the City. In order to qualify as an occupier you must have
a continual right of occupation of the premises for at least the next
three months. To make an enrolment eligibility claim as a non
residential occupier of property in the City please complete the
following form and return it to the Electoral Officer at the City of
South Perth (contact details below.) The application form is also
available at the Civic Centre and Sir Walter Murdoch Library Civic
Centre and Manning Branches. Please ensure that you include your
date of birth when completing the form. The Electoral Officer
will consider your claim, decide whether you are eligible and inform
you of your enrolment in writing.
Click here to obtain an
Application for inclusion on the owners and occupiers roll (Form 2)
The electoral roll and register are publicly available
documents. If you are of the opinion that the publication of your
address would place your safety, or the safety of your family at risk
it is possible to make a claim to have your address removed from the
roll. If you are enrolled on the State electoral roll you can
make a claim under s51B of the Electoral Act. Please complete the
following form and forward directly to the following address:
Electoral Commissioner
GPO Box 9867
PERTH WA 6848
Click here to obtain an
Application for removal of address from State electoral roll (Form 3)
If you have made an application for inclusion on the owners and
occupiers roll, this claim can be made on the attached form under
Regulation 13(2) of the Local Government (Elections) Regulations
1997. In order to make the claim it will be necessary to give the
CEO a declaration made before a Justice of the Peace or Commissioner
for Declarations declaring that the publication of your address would
place you or your family at risk. The CEO will consider the
declaration and advise you in writing whether your address will be
omitted.
Click here to obtain a
Statutory declaration in which you can request the removal of your address from the owners and occupiers roll (Form 4)
For all further queries regarding enrolment eligibility please contact:
The Electoral Officer
City of South Perth
Sandgate Street
SOUTH PERTH WA 6151
Fax: 9474 2425 Phone: 9474 0777 Email: