Have your say in the 2023 Local Government Election.
Enrolling to vote
Ratepayers and residents of the City of Albany are entitled to vote in local government elections.
You might need information about your voting entitlements if you:
- Live in Albany and recently turned 18
- Own a business that owns or leases a property in Albany
- Own or lease a property in a ward other than the one in which you live
- Live outside Albany but own property and pay rates in the City of Albany
You can visit the WA Electoral Commission website to check if you are enrolled.
The City of Albany Local Government Election is a postal election. If you are an eligible voter and have enrolled to vote, you will receive your ballot paper package by mail. To vote, follow the instructions included in the package. You may lodge your completed ballot paper by post, or by placing it in the ballot box during business hours at the City of Albany Administration Building, 102 North Road, Yakamia.
We must receive your postal voting package before 6.00pm on polling day (Saturday 16 October 2021). If you do not think your postal voting package can be returned by post in time, you can deliver it by hand to the City of Albany Administration Building, 102 North Road, Yakamia during business hours.
While voting in a local government election is not compulsory, we encourage you to participate and lodge your vote.
More information on the election can be found here: Department of Local Government and here: WA Electoral Commission
Enrolment 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 residents 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.
Form 2A - Application to register a nominee for a body corporate: Fill in this form if the body corporate: owns or occupies rateable property in a district or ward, but are not represented on the residents roll (Western Australian Electoral Commission Roll) for that district or ward and wants to be able to vote at local government elections for that district.
Form 2B - Application to register a nominee for co-owners or occupiers: Fill in this form if the persons: own or occupy rateable property in a district or ward, but are not represented on the residents roll (Western Australian Electoral Commission Roll) for that district or ward. Note: If a proposed nominee is on the residents roll (Western Australian Electoral Commission Roll) for the district or ward, they are automatically enrolled to vote.
Form 2A - Application to register a nominee for a body corporate
Form 2B - Application to register a nominee for co-owners or occupiers
Voting method
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