Local Government Elections

Who can vote?

Ratepayers and residents of the Shire of Moora are entitled to vote in local government elections.

You might need information about your voting entitlements if you:

• Live in the Shire of Moora and recently turned 18
• Own a business that owns or leases a property in the Shire of Moora
• Live outside the Shire but own property and pay rates in the Shire of Moora

You can visit the WA Electoral Commission website to check if you are enrolled.

https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/onlineEnrolmentSystem 

Residents

You can vote at Council elections if you are registered on the State Roll as a resident, before the rolls close.

Claims for enrolment on the State Roll should be made at any Australian Electoral Commission in Western Australia.

Owners and Occupiers

You are also eligible to be enrolled to vote if you are a non-resident owner or occupier of rateable property, provided that you are on a State or Commonwealth Electoral Roll. However, it is essential that you lodge an enrolment form. You can obtain an enrolment form from any local government office and lodge it with your local Council before closing day.

If you are not on a State or Commonwealth electoral roll, a claim can still be accepted, provided you were on the last owner and occupier's roll for that electorate and have continued to own or occupy rateable property in that electorate continuously since that roll was prepared.

To be eligible to enrol as an occupier, you will need to have a right of continuous occupation under a lease, tenancy agreement or other legal documents for at least the next 3 months following the date of the application to enrol.

Joint Owners and Occupiers

If a rateable property is owned or occupied by more than two persons, a majority of the owners/occupiers may nominate two persons from amongst themselves who are either on the State or Commonwealth rolls, to enrol as owner/occupier electors.

Corporations

A body corporate which owns or occupies rateable property may nominate two persons who are on either the State or Commonwealth electoral rolls, to enrol as owner/occupier electors.

Enrolling to vote

Residents who are not yet registered on the State Roll or who have moved since the last election and need to update their details, please follow the link below.

https://www.aec.gov.au/enrol/

To be registered on the Owners and Occupiers Roll please download, complete and return one of the following forms.

Form 2 - Enrolment eligibility claim form

Fill in this form if you own or occupy rateable property in a district or ward, but are not represented on the resident's roll (Western Australian Electoral Commission Roll) for that district or ward and want to be able to vote at local government elections for that district.

Link to form 2

Form 2A- Application to register a nominee for a body corporate

Fill in this form if: a rateable property is owned or occupied by more than two persons, a majority of the owners/occupiers may nominate two persons from amongst themselves who are either on the State or Commonwealth rolls, to enrol as owner/occupier electors.

Link to form 2A

Form 2B- Application to register a nominee for joint owners and occupiers

Fill in this form if: a rateable property is owned or occupied by more than two persons, a majority of the owners/occupiers may nominate two persons from amongst themselves who are either on the State or Commonwealth rolls, to enrol as owner/occupier electors.

Link to form 2B

How to vote

The Shire of Moora runs postal elections. Postal Elections is a process in which individuals on the state electoral role for our region and any individual on the Shire’s owner & occupier role are sent a voting package to their mailing address along with a return envelope.

If you have not received your postal voting packages by the second week in October, and you are an eligible voter, you may apply in person for a replacement postal voting package from staff at the Shire of Moora administration building, 34 Padbury Street, Moora.

This election is 'first past the post', meaning that you only need to tick the box next the candidate you are voting for. Please read the information contained in your postal voting package to ensure you fill out your ballot paper correctly.

Your vote can be either posted prior to the election day or placed into the Ballot Box located at our Administration Office at 34 Padbury Street, Moora prior to the election day or on the election day from 8am to 6pm.

All postal elections are managed by the Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC), which appoints a Returning Officer for each election.

Ordinary and extraordinary elections use the first past the post method of voting.

More information 

For more information on local government elections, please contact the Department of Local Government, Sport & Cultural Industries or the Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC):

Council Elections

Local Government Elections