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Enrolling to Vote

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Enrolling to vote

Participating in your local council election is one of the most direct ways you can make a difference to everyday life in your community, and voting is open to a wider range of people than State and Federal elections. There will be a general council election in 2022 to elect a Mayor and six Councillors.

Under the provisions of the Local Government (Elections) Act 1999 the council supplementary voters roll expires and is purged from 1 January in the year of elections. This means if you have previously applied to be on Council’s supplementary voters roll, you will need to submit a new application in 2022. The voters roll for council elections has two components:

  1. The State (House of Assembly) Electoral Roll, and
  2. The Council Supplementary Roll.

If you are on the State (House of Assembly) Electoral Roll within the Robe Council area, you will automatically receive a voting pack. It is your responsibility to ensure your details are up to date. To check your residential and postal address; or to update your details if they have changed, please visit the Electoral Commission of South Australia website www.ecsa.sa.gov.au or call them on 1300 655 232.

If you are not on the State (House of Assembly) Electoral Roll with the Robe Council area, you will need to apply for inclusion on the Council Supplementary Roll for the 2022 Council Elections.

There are three different enrolment forms, one for each category of eligibility (i.e. for a natural person, body corporate and a group). For a detailed description of each form and to download an enrolment form see below.

Rate payers, please note that a letter has been posted to you which includes the relevant application form and important key dates regarding the Council election. Please asses your situation to determine if you are required to apply for inclusion on Councils supplementary roll. if you need assistance determining this please contact the Deputy Returning Officer using the below contact details.

Enrolments must be completed, witnessed and returned to the District Council of Robe by 5pm, Friday 29 July 2022 for you to be able to vote.

Enrolment forms can be returned:

  • Via post: PO Box 1, Robe SA 5276;
  • Email: council@robe.sa.gov.au; or
  • Hand delivered to the Council Office: 3 Royal Circus, Robe SA 5276

If you have any questions regarding the 2022 Council elections, please contact Deputy Returning Officer, Molly Murdock at the Council office on 08 8768 2003 or email council@robe.sa.gov.au.

Key dates to mark in your calendar!

Voting Roll Close: 5pm Friday 29 July 2022

Nominations Open: Tuesday 23 August 2022

Nominations Close: 12 noon Tuesday 6 September 2022

Dispatch of Ballot Material/voting packs: Between Friday 14 October 2022 and Thursday 20 October 2022

Close of Voting: 5pm Thursday 10 November 2022

Scrutiny and Count: 9am Saturday 12 November 2022

Enrolment forms

See below for the types of forms available to download:

Form 1 - Eligibility for Natural Person: Resident, Sole Owner or Sole Occupier (non-residential tenant) who is of the age of 18 or over and is a:

  1. Resident

    A resident is a person who:

    • lives in the Council area; and
    • has lived in the property for at least one month; and
    • is not on the State Electoral Roll (i.e. House of Assembly Roll).

    or

  2. Sole Owner

    A sole owner is a person who:

    • owns property in the Council area; and
    • is the only owner of the relevant property.

    or

  3. Sole Occupier

A sole occupier is a person who:

  • occupies property in the Council area as a tenant; and
  • does not live in that property (a non- resident occupier/operates a business).

Click here for Enrolment Form

Form 2 - Eligibility by a Business or Organisation (i.e. a body corporate) which is either:

  1. A Sole Owner

    A body corporate sole owner is an individual business or organisation that owns any type of rateable property in the Council area.

    or

  2. A Sole Occupier

A body corporate sole occupier is an individual business or organisation that occupies any type of rateable property in the Council area as a tenant.

Click here for Enrolment Form

Form 3 – Eligibility by a Group Owners or Group Occupiers

  1. Group Owner

    When a rateable property is owned by more than one owner the right to vote belongs to the group of owners (group owner) not to each member of the group. The individual members who make up the group owner can be:

    • businesses or organisations (bodies corporate); or
    • individual people (natural persons); or
    • a combination of businesses, organisations and people (bodies corporate and natural persons).

    or

  2. Group Occupier

When a rateable property is occupied by more than one occupier/tenant the right to vote belongs to the group of occupiers/tenants (group occupier) and not to each member of the group. The individual members who make up the group occupier can be:

  • businesses or organisations (bodies corporate); or
  • individual people (natural persons); or
  • a combination of businesses, organisations and people (bodies corporate and natural persons).

Click here for Enrolment Form

Applications for Bodies Corporate and Groups of Persons

Must include a designated person to be enrolled on the voters roll for an area or ward. A natural person who is above the age of 18 and who is an officer of the body corporate or group authorised to act on behalf of the body corporate or group for the purposes of voting.