Information for Electors
Voting in elections
To be eligible to vote in Local Government elections you must be enrolled on either the State electoral roll (Residents Roll) or the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale’s Non-resident Owners and Occupiers Roll in the North Ward.
Owners of property (rate payers) who are not enrolled on the State electoral roll are not automatically entitled to vote and must apply to the Shire through the Enrolment Eligibility Claim Form.
Optional Preferential Voting
In 2023, the State Government has introduced Optional Preferential Voting.
Preferential voting is the same method used in state and federal elections. Optional preferential voting means you are not required to provide all preferences in casting your vote.
As a result, the elected candidate is the most preferred candidate of a majority of voters.
Residents Roll
The Residents Roll is maintained by the Western Australian Electoral Commission. People who live in the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale and are enrolled on the State electoral roll will automatically be placed on this roll.
How to check your enrolment
To check whether you are enrolled on the State electoral roll, use the Online Enrolment Check tool provided by the Western Australian Electoral Commission’s website here.
Find out what Ward a property resides in using our online search tool.
How to enrol
If you are not on the State electoral roll and meet the eligibility criteria, or if you have changed address recently, you must complete an enrolment form via the Australian Electoral Commission website.
Non-Resident Owners and Occupiers Roll
If you own a property in the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale but do not live here or if you operate a business in the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale, you may be eligible to enrol on the Non-Resident Owners and Occupiers Roll.
This roll is maintained by the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale under section 4.30 of the Local Government Act 1995.
To be eligible for this roll, a person must be:
- Registered on the State electoral roll where they live, and
- Own a rateable property in the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale OR
- Occupy a rateable property in the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale. To qualify as an occupier you must:
- have a right of continuous occupation under a lease, tenancy agreement or other legal instrument of a property within the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale; and
- the right of continuous occupation must extend for a period of at least three months.
The Accompanying Notes on page 3 of the Enrolment Eligibility Claim Form contains further information on eligibility, including where there are multiple owners or occupiers in a rateable property or the rateable property is owned by a corporation.
How to check your enrolment
To check whether you are enrolled on the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale’s Non-resident Owners and Occupiers Roll, please contact us.
How to enrol
If you are not on the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale’s Non-resident Owners and Occupiers Roll and meet the eligibility criteria, you must complete the Enrolment Eligibility Claim Form following the instructions contained within. Hard copy forms are available at the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale’s administration office or the Mundijong Public Library.
If you require assistance please contact us.
Enrolment Duration
Occupiers remain on the roll for a period of two elections after their enrolment is accepted and then are taken off the roll six months after the second election per section 4.33 of the Local Government Act 1995. Occupiers must re-enrol if they wish to continue as electors. Owners of a rateable property remain on the roll for the duration of the ownership, subject to other eligibility criteria.