Council-Enrolled Voter Information

In a Victorian local council election there are 2 types of voters:

1. state-enrolled
2. council-enrolled.

You have one vote in Yarriambiack Shire Council. If you are a state-enrolled voter, that is the enrolment you use to vote.

You must enrol and vote if you:

• are 18 years or older
• are an Australian citizen
• have lived at your address in Yarriambiack Shire Council for longer than one month.

For more information visit the VEC website

Some ratepayers can apply to become council-enrolled voters in Yarriambiack Shire Council if they are:

• a property owner, occupier or represent a corporation
• 18 or older
• not a state-enrolled voter within the Yarriambiack Shire Council area.

These are known as council-enrolled voters and they fall into 3 categories.

You can apply to enrol in Yarriambiack Shire Council if you:

• own property and pay rates in the council area
• are 18 or older
• are not a state-enrolled voter who lives in Yarriambiack Shire Council.

This includes: 

• Australian citizens who own a property in Yarriambiack Shire Council but do not live in the area (for example an investment or a holiday home)
• non-citizens over 18 who own a property and live in Yarriambiack Shire Council.

Up to 2 ratepayers can apply to enrol per property.

Owner ratepayers’ enrolment does not expire, but they can apply to resign their enrolment.

You can apply to enrol in Yarriambiack Shire Council if you:

• pay rates for a property that you occupy but do not own
• are 18 or older
• are not a state-enrolled voter within the Yarriambiack Shire Council area.

Up to 2 people per property can apply to enrol.

Occupier ratepayers’ enrolment expires before the next local government general election.

If you want to continue to vote, you must apply to enrol again before the next local council general election (2028).

Yarriambiack Shire Council will send you an invitation when it is time to renew your enrolment.

If you were enrolled for the local council general elections in 2024, you will remain enrolled for any council by-elections up until 2028. It will be compulsory for you to vote. 

You can apply to enrol to vote on behalf of a corporation if you:

• are a director or company secretary of a corporation that pays rates (either as an owner or an occupier) in the council area
• have consented to being appointed as the corporation’s representative
• are not already a state-enrolled voter or council-enrolled voter within the Yarriambiack Shire Council area.

Only one person can apply to enrol as the corporation’s representative.

Corporation representatives’ enrolment expires before the next local government general election.

If you want to continue to vote, you must apply to enrol again before the next local council general election (2028).

Yarriambiack Shire Council will send you an invitation when it is time to renew your enrolment.

If you were enrolled for the local council general elections in 2024, you will remain enrolled for any council by-elections up until 2028. It will be compulsory for you to vote.