If you are on the state electoral roll you will automatically be on the Council Voters Roll for your residence.
However, you may still be eligible to be on the Council Voters Roll if you are:
- on the state electoral roll in South Australia and
- a non-resident sole owner (a landlord of rateable property), or non-resident occupier (tenant) within a council area
- an owner or occupier of an organisation or business
- an owner of a holiday home
- group of owners or occupiers, of a rateable property.
In accordance with section 15(5a) of the Local Government (Elections) Act 1999, council must purge the council's voters roll on 1 January of every election year. Therefore, all landlords, organisations, business owners or occupiers, must re-enrol from January 1 of every election year to be eligible to vote, with the exception of the City of Adelaide.
If you are unsure whether you are enrolled on the council voters roll, contact your local council.
Shape your world and make sure you’re enrolled.
Enrolling to the state electoral roll, or your council’s voters roll, is the first step towards participating in your council elections. These links will take you to the external election website www.councilelections.sa.gov.au for:
Forms; Application for Enrolment on the Voters Roll
Form 1 – To record a Natural Person: Non-Resident, Sole Owner or Sole Occupier (tenant); For a non-resident owner/occupier who owns property in the Council area; is the only owner/occupier (tenant) and does not live or occupy that property.
Form 2 – To record a Body Corporate: Sole Owner or Sole Occupier (tenant); For sole business owners or sole occupiers who occupy any type of rateable property in a council area and on the assessment record at the Council.
Form 3 – To record Group Owners or Group Occupiers (tenants); For residents whose property is jointly owned or occupied by businesses, individual persons or a combination of both.