Local Government Extraordinary Election - Close of Enrolments
Published on Thursday, 1 February 2024 at 2:37:21 PM
You may be eligible to be enrolled to vote in the local government extraordinary election on 12 April 2024 if you
live in or are an owner or occupier of rateable property in the Shire of Exmouth.
Residents
You are automatically enrolled to vote if you are on the State Electoral Roll as at 5.00pm Thursday, 15 February
2024. If you are not already on the State Electoral Roll and meet the eligibility criteria, or if you have changed
address recently, you must complete an enrolment form.
Enrolment Forms
You can enrol or update your details online, or download an enrolment form, via the Western Australian
Electoral Commission website (www.elections.wa.gov.au/enrol). Forms are also available from the Australian
Electoral Commission (http://www.aec.gov.au/). Enrolments and updates must be completed and received by
5.00pm Thursday, 15 February 2024.
Non-Resident Owners and Occupiers
If you are a non-resident owner or occupier of rateable property in the Shire of Exmouth and are on the State or
Commonwealth Electoral Roll, you are eligible to enrol to vote. If you are not on the State or Commonwealth
Electoral Roll and own or occupy rateable property in the Shire of Exmouth you may be eligible to enrol to vote.
This applies if you were on the last electoral roll for the Shire of Exmouth prior to May 1996 and have owned or
occupied rateable property in the district continuously since this time. Please contact your local government for
details. Owners of land who were on the last Local Government roll continue to retain that status until they
cease to own the rateable property to which the enrolment relates. Occupiers do not have continuous enrolment
and should contact the Shire of Exmouth to confirm their enrolment status. To be eligible to enrol as an
occupier, you would have needed to have a right of occupation and paid rent of at least the prescribed amount
for the whole period of 12 months prior to making the claim and need to have a right of continuous occupation
under a lease, tenancy agreement or other legal instrument and be liable to pay rent for at least the prescribed
amount for at least the next three months following the date of the application to enrol.
Joint Owners and Occupiers
If a rateable property is owned or occupied by more than two people, a majority of the owners/occupiers may
nominate two persons from amongst themselves who are on either the State or Commonwealth Electoral Roll,
to enrol as owner/occupier electors.
Corporations
A body corporate that owns or occupies rateable property may nominate two people who are on either the State
or Commonwealth Electoral Roll to enrol as owner/occupier electors.
Claims – Non-Resident Owners and Occupiers Only
An eligibility claim must be lodged with the Chief Executive Officer by 5.00pm Thursday, 15 February 2024.
Further information can be obtained from the Shire of Exmouth.
ROBERT KENNEDY
ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER
13 63 06