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The Commission has received its last delivery of voting packs from Australia Post this morning. If you still have your voting pack and want to have your say in your Local Government elections take… read more
It is now too late for electors to post their voting packs in the Local Government elections back to the Electoral Commission. For those people who haven’t posted them, and want to have a say about… read more
Counting of votes for the Local Government elections commences at 6pm this Saturday across the State.
If you haven’t posted your voting pack back to the Commission yet then it may be too late for… read more
Electors are actively voting for those people they would prefer to represent them in their local communities, and over 250,000 voting packs have been completed and returned to the Commissions… read more
All the Local Government election packages (1,532,660) for the postal elections that the Commission are running, have now been produced and progressively lodged with Australia Post. Those the… read more
All the Local Government election packages (1,532,660) for the postal elections that the Commission are running, have now been produced and progressively lodged with Australia Post. Those the… read more
Voting packs for most country councils have now been lodged with Australia Post and should start to reach electors over the next few days. Lodging of postal packages for Perth metropolitan electors… read more
Ballot papers, with candidate profiles, are now being printed for the 178 contested Local Government elections being held across the State. These elections have 964 candidates vying for 378 vacancies… read more
As of 4.00 pm this afternoon, Thursday 12 September, candidate nominations for the forthcoming local government ordinary elections have closed.
Once Returning Officers have completed their draws for… read more
The nomination period for the 19 October 2019 local government ordinary elections opens today, Thursday 5 September.
Persons interested in standing for one of the 90 local governments for whom the… read more