Elections and Enrolment
Council elections are held every four years, when representatives for each Ward are nominated and voted in by the community.
Supplementary elections are held when required, for example in the case of an Elected Member resigning from Council, or being appointed to a different seat within Council.
For more information about Council elections, please click on the links to the left, or contact (08) 8406 8329.
Enrolment
Amendments to the Local Government (Elections) Act 1999 that took effect from January 2010
, removed some of the previous automatic enrolment provisions for Council electoral rolls. Ratepayers who are not on the State Electoral roll that wish to vote in Council elections now need to apply for inclusion on the City of Salisbury Electoral Roll before
each periodic election. The next election is due in 2014, unless a vacancy occurs and there is a need to conduct a supplementary election prior to that time.
This means that all residents not on the State Electoral roll, including:
- non-Australian citizens
- a sole owner who lives outside the area but owns property in the Council
- a sole occupier who occupies property in the Council area as a tenant but does not live at that property (a non-resident occupier)
- bodies corporate and groups of persons who have previously registered on the City of Salisbury Electoral Roll
will no longer be automatically included on the Council voters roll for each election and instead will need to re-apply for voting entitlements each time a periodic election is conducted. Additionally bodies corporate and groups will need to nominate a designated person who will vote (and/or nominate as a candidate) on their behalf.
The Act now also specifies that each elector may only vote once for an Area or Ward election but is entitled to vote in more than one Ward election if they have rateable property in those Wards.
The City of Salisbury Electoral Roll must be purged from 1 January in an election year. If you have enrolled to vote on the City of Salisbury Electoral Roll you will be notified when the purging of the next roll occurs.
In order to enrol to vote, please access the relevant link below to the respective ‘Application for Enrolment' form which must be completed, witnessed and returned to:
City of Salisbury
Attention: Electoral Roll Registration
12 James Street
Salisbury SA 5108