The Town's elections are conducted as postal elections by the Western Australian Electoral Commission. The Commission appoints a Returning Officer who oversees the elections, including taking candidate nominations and supervising the count on election night.
Every person on the electoral roll will be issued a ballot by mail. All electors are required to complete the ballot and return either by mail before the election day or they can be handed into the Council Administration Office at 308 Stirling Highway Claremont, by 6.00pm on election day.
The count commences at 6.00pm on election day and the results are usually available later that night.
Electoral Roll
The Town’s electoral roll is comprised of two parts; the resident’s roll and the non-residents owners and occupiers roll. Combining these two rolls produces the consolidated roll.
Residents Roll
People who reside in the Town (irrespective of whether they own the property or are tenants) and who are on the state electoral roll for that property will be on the residents roll automatically and can vote in the Town of Claremont local government election. No separate enrolment is necessary.
Enquiries about the residents roll should be directed to the Western Australian Electoral Commission on 13 63 06.You can check your enrolment eligibility status through the Western Australian Electoral Commission’s website.
Non-Resident Owners and Occupiers Roll
The non-resident owners and occupiers roll is maintained by the Town. It includes individuals who own (but do not reside in) rateable property in the Town or who occupy rateable property in the Town. It also includes individuals nominated by companies, businesses or corporate bodies that own or occupy rateable property in the Town.
Each person applying to go onto this roll must be on the state or commonwealth electoral roll for a property outside the Town’s district. Any person who is not an Australian citizen (and thus not eligible to be on the state or commonwealth electoral roll) may still be able to vote in local government elections if the person appeared on the Town’s 1996 electoral roll, and has owned or occupied rateable property within the ward continuously since at least March 1996.
Individuals or corporate bodies may only be on the roll or represented on the roll in one capacity, that is, either as owners or occupiers. Where both capacities are available to an individual or a body corporate, the owner category would normally be chosen because of the longer term on the roll.
Enrolment claims can be lodged at any time however, enrolments for any particular election close 50 days before election day.
For further information about the non-resident owners and occupiers roll call 08 9285 4300