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| ENROLMENT INFORMATION FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION IN OCTOBER 2009
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
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.
Absent owner
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)
Occupiers
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)
Removal of Address from the Register
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)
Contact
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: