ECSA - Electoral Commission SA

Our Education Centre

Civics and Citizenship weblinks

The following are shared for reference purposes only. ECSA has no control over the information presented on these websites.

Australian Electoral Commission - https://www.aec.gov.au/

Australian Constitution Centre - https://www.australianconstitutioncentre.org.au/

Behind the News - https://www.abc.net.au/btn

Centre of Democracy - https://www.centreofdemocracy.sa.gov.au/

Community Education Office Parliament of South Australia https://education.parliament.sa.gov.au/

Courts Administration Authority South Australian - https://www.courts.sa.gov.au/

Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia - https://www.gg.gov.au/

Governor of South Australia - https://www.governor.sa.gov.au/

Governor’s Civics Awards for Schools - https://www.education.sa.gov.au/students/awards-and-scholarships/governors-civics-awards-schools

HaSS Association Australia - https://hassaa.org.au/

High Court of Australia - https://www.hcourt.gov.au/

History Teacher of South Australia - https://htasa.org.au/

History Trust of South Australia - https://education.history.sa.gov.au/

Law Society of South Australia - https://www.lawsocietysa.asn.au

Legal Education Teachers Association of South Australia - https://letasa.com/

Local Government Association of South Australia - https://www.lga.sa.gov.au/

Muriel Matters Award - https://www.education.sa.gov.au/students/awards-and-scholarships/muriel-matters-awards

Museum of Australian Democracy - https://www.moadoph.gov.au/

Parliament of Australia - https://www.aph.gov.au/

Parliament South Australia - https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/

Parliamentary Education Office - https://peo.gov.au/

South Australian Legislation - https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/

Voter Alerts via email or SMS are free electoral reminders to ensure you have the best opportunity to “Make your vote count – and vote.”

Timely reminders are sent straight to your phone or email inbox for elections you're able to vote in.

Be scam aware. We will never ask you to enter your credit card details or make a payment through a website.

It is OK to contact us to check it is really us.

Sign up for Voter Alerts

Your Voter Alert is linked to your electoral enrolment, so you'll only get reminders for an election you're able to vote in.

You can check your details on the electoral role – this page explains (linked)

ECSA uses emails (when available) to also engage with first time youth voters, to support in the education of the voting process.

Check my enrolment

Be aware that if an election has already commenced in your area, you won't receive messages until the next election. This is because voter data had been extracted as at the "close of roll" date.

VoterAlerts are a prompt that occasionally, due to circumstances outside our control, may be delayed or not received.

A delayed or unsent VoterAlert does not excuse you from voting.

How to manage a VoterAlert

We use the personal information you give to us to maintain the register of electors and prepare electoral rolls for state and local council elections. We may use your email and mobile phone number to send you notifications and reminders for elections and other electoral events in your area. We do not share your contact details with anyone else, unless the law requires us to. There is more information about this on our Privacy page and in our privacy policy.

Protect yourself from scams

Scammers sometimes send people messages pretending to be organisations like ECSA. Here are some tips so you don’t get tricked.

Check the sender

If you get an SMS from us, the sender will always be ECSA (not a number). You can not reply to these messages. If you get an email from us, the email address will be 'ECSAComments@sa.gov.au'

Check the SMS content

Our messages will always be for information only. We will NEVER ask for your personal information, banking details or any kind of online payment.

Check the email link

Any links in our email message will be to access more information on our website (ecsa.sa.gov.au) only.

Check with us

If you're ever unsure if it's really us, you can call us on 1300 655 232 (Contact Us)

Our Education Centre

Education at ECSA with Paula

ECSA has a legislative responsibility to educate the community on the importance of democratic participation across the state through the provision of inclusive and accessible information and voting services.

Introducing Paula, ECSA's Educator
→ read her bio

Incursion Programs and News

Incursion Program (in PDF)

Tailored Incursion Programs →

"Taking democracy to the classroom." Read about our regional road trip →

St Dominics on Instagram sharing their experience (and image below)

Education Resources

We publish a wide range of educational materials designed to inform and educate South Australians about our electoral processes. Brochures, guides, and videos range in accessibility levels and are produced in multiple languages to cater for everyone.

Check them out now →

External education civics and citizenship links →

AEC EDUCATION RESOURCES → (opens a pdf)