Enrol to vote
Enrolment for the 2022 Council Elections has now closed. You can check your enrolment details by contacting the Electoral Commission SA (ECSA) on 1300 655 232.
Those interested in joining Council as an elected member or Mayor, or wishing to vote must be enrolled on either the State Electoral roll (House of Assembly roll) at an address within the Kingston District Council or on the council supplementary roll.
If you are already on the State Electoral roll, you will automatically receive a voting pack mailed to your registered address. If you have moved house or changed your name, you need to complete a new enrolment form, available at your local Post Office or update your details on the Electoral Commission SA (ECSA) website. If you are unsure, you can also check your enrolment details on ECSA.
If you are not enrolled on the State Electoral roll, you may be eligible to register on the council supplementary roll if:
- You have been resident at your current address for one month and are not on the State Electoral Roll
- You are a sole owner/occupier of rateable property
- You are NOT an Australian Citizen, but you have been a resident at your current address for one month
- You are a landlord for rateable property
- You are an organisation/business owner or occupier of rateable property
- You are a group of owners or occupiers of rateable property.
If you are not on the State electoral roll within the Kingston District Council area, you will need to apply for inclusion on the council’s supplementary roll before 5pm on Friday, 29 July 2022.
Enrolling on the Supplementary Roll
Under the Local Government (Elections) Act 1999, there is a requirement to purge the council supplementary roll on 1 January of every election year. All landlords, business lessees and resident non-Australian citizens are removed from the council voters roll and must re-enrol to be able to vote.
If you have been removed from the roll under these provisions you must re-enrol before 5pm on Friday 29 July 2022, otherwise you will not be eligible to vote in 2022 elections.
Download the enrolment form below that suits you, please complete and post in time (or email) to be received by Council before 5pm on Friday 29 July 2022.
Complete Form 1 if you are a resident who:
- lives in the Kingston District Council and
- has lived in the property for at least one month and
- is not on the House of Assembly Roll
OR
- you are a sole owner who owns property in the Kingston District Council and
- are the only owner of the relevant property.
OR
- you are a sole occupier who occupies property in the Kingston District Council as a tenant and
- do not live in the that property.
Complete Form 2 to enrol as a business or organisation (i.e. body corporate) which is either:
- A Sole Owner (an individual business or organisation that owns any type of rateable property in the Coorong District Council area.)
OR
- A Sole Occupier (an individual business or organisation that occupies any type of rateable property in the Coorong District Council area as a tenant.)
A designated person is required to vote on behalf of the body corporate.
Complete Form 3 where a property is owned by more than one owner (i.e. a group owner) or occupied by more than one occupier/tenant (i.e. a group occupier).
- Group Owner
When a rateable property is owned by more than one owner the right to vote belongs to the group of owners (group owner) not to each member of the group. The individuals who make up the group owner can be:
- businesses or organisations (bodies corporate); or
- individual people (natural persons); or
- a combination of businesses, organisations and people (bodies corporate and natural persons).
OR
- Group Occupier
When a rateable property is occupied by more than one occupier/tenant the right to vote belongs to the group of occupiers/tenants (group occupier) and not to each member of the group. Individual members who make up the group occupier are the same as outlined above under Group Owner.
A designated person is required to vote on behalf of the group.
Sources
For additional information, please see:
The ECSA website: https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/enrolment
The LGA website: https://www.lga.sa.gov.au/council-elections/enrol