Victorian State By-election in District of Northcote

The Commission will provide early voting services for electors voting in the Victorian By-election for the District of Northcote.

Electors can visit the Commission at Level 2, 111 St Georges Terrace, Perth, between 8.30 am–5.00 pm, Monday to Friday to complete an early vote (in person) from Friday 20 October – Friday 17 November 2017.

Please note, the Commission will be closed on polling day Saturday 18 November 2017.

Electors who have yet to vote in the Local Government elections may still do so, but now need to drop their ballot material into their local council office.

Ballot material mailed now is unlikely to make it back on time to be counted on Saturday (21 October) but electors can drop their envelopes into their local council office during normal business hours, or throughout the day on Saturday. The deadline for receipt of votes is 6.00 p.m.

Electoral Commissioner David Kerslake has issued a final reminder to Western Australians to make sure they cast their vote in the Local Government elections.

‘Councils make a wide range of important decisions that affect us all, so we all should have our say in how we want our local community to be run’, Mr Kerslake said.

Postal voting packages have been sent out progressively over the past few weeks and already over 350,000 completed ballot papers have been returned.

Tasmanian Legislative Council By-election 2017 – Division of Pembroke

The Commission will provide early voting services for electors voting in the Tasmanian Legislative Council Election for the Division of Pembroke.

Electors can visit the Commission at Level 2, 111 St Georges Terrace, Perth, between 8.30 am–5.00 pm, Monday to Friday to complete an early vote (in person) from mid October 2017 – 3 November 2017.

Please note, the Commission will be closed on polling day Saturday 4 November 2017.

New South Wales State By-elections 2017 – Blacktown, Cootamundra and Murray

Early voting using iVote® for electors in the 2017 New South Wales State by-elections is now open, and will continue to operate until 6pm on election eve - Friday 13 October 2017.

The WA Electoral Commission has commenced distribution of a record number of postal voting packages for the upcoming local government elections.

WA Electoral Commissioner David Kerslake said that voting packages for most country councils have now been despatched and should reach electors in the next few days. The Commission has also begun distributing ballot material to electors in Perth metropolitan districts.

“With over 1.5 million packages in total, it will take several more days for them all to be delivered”, Mr Kerslake said.

The names of all candidates contesting each local government election being conducted by the Western Australian Electoral Commission are available here.

This includes the names of the 46 candidates who were elected unopposed.

Each candidate’s written profile and contact details, as they will appear alongside the ballot papers that will be posted to electors, will be published on this website on Monday 18 September.

Nominations for the 2017 Local government ordinary elections have now closed.

Returning officers have taken nominations from a record total of 1,146 candidates for the 450 vacancies up for election at the 89 local government ordinary elections being run by the Commission.

This was 125 more candidates than nominated at WAEC run elections in 2015… which was also a record at that time. No vacancies remained unfilled and 46 positions were elected unopposed.

With the deadline for nominations fast approaching, Electoral Commissioner David Kerslake has urged Western Australians to consider nominating for election to their local council.

Electors in 139 councils across the State will soon be voting for their representatives, with nominations closing at 4 p.m. on Thursday 14 September.

“Local councils make important decisions that affect our everyday lives. It is therefore important to have quality candidates for these positions”, Mr Kerslake said.

New Zealand General election

The Commission will provide early voting services for electors voting in the New Zealand General election from Wednesday 6 to Friday 22 September 2017.

Electors can visit the Commission at Level 2, 111 St Georges Terrace, Perth to complete an early vote (in person) between 8.30 am–5.00 pm, Monday to Friday, from Wednesday 6 to Thursday 21 September 2017, and between 8.30am–4.00pm on Friday 22 September 2017 (election eve) .

Please note, the Commission will be closed on polling day Saturday 23 September 2017.