Council - Enrolled Voter Information
Council-enrolled voters include ratepayers who are property owners, occupiers or corporations.
You can apply to become a council-enrolled voter directly with your council if you are:
- 18 years or older
- a property owner, occupier or represent a corporation
- not a state-enrolled voter within the council area.
Once you are on the council roll, you must vote. If you don’t vote, you may get a fine. You will not be fined if you choose not to become a council-enrolled voter.
Owner Ratepayer
You can apply to enrol directly with your local council if you:
- own property and pay rates in the council area
- are 18 or over
- are not already a state-enrolled voter who lives in that council area.
If you meet these criteria, you can contact your council to apply to enrol.
Once you are enrolled, you will stay enrolled and you must vote in all local council elections, including by-elections for that council. If you don't vote, you may get a fine.
If you don't want to vote for that property anymore, you can apply to council to take you off the council roll. If you sell your property, your council enrolment will automatically become invalid.
A maximum of 2 owners can apply to enrol for any one property.
Owner-ratepayer-ongoing-Application-for-enrolment-s2421-PDF.pdf(PDF, 81KB)
Owner-Name-variation-s2432PDF.pdf(PDF, 112KB)
Silent-voter-request-s2474-PDF.pdf(PDF, 66KB)