Enrol

Most persons over 18 living, owning, or leasing property in a Council area can be eligible to vote. You must be enrolled on the Council voters roll to be able to vote. You are eligible to vote if you are:

• 18 years of age or over on or before the close of voting; and you are a resident in the Council area (you do not have to own a house or property to enrol to vote)
• Owners of property who are not residents, including body corporates or groups (also have entitlements to enrol to vote)

You will automatically appear on the Council voters roll, and receive a postal ballot pack if you are:

• on the State Electoral Roll (House of Assembly Roll), which means you vote in State Government elections;

If you have moved house or changed your name, you need to update your details via any of the below methods:

• online on the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) website
• print a PDF enrolment form (you can complete the form online then print, scan, and send your form to the AEC)
• call the Electoral Commission of South Australia on 1300 655 323 to request an enrolment form

Please note that you cannot enrol on to the South Australian (House of Assembly) electoral roll or update your details over the phone or by post.

Unsure if you can vote? Organisations, business owners or occupiers

• If you are not an Australian citizen, and not on the State (House of Assembly) electoral roll you can vote in a council election, as long as you are above 18 years of age and have lived in the council area for more than one month.
• You can also vote in a council election if you own a rateable property in the area, regardless of whether you live in it.
• Organisations, business owners or occupiers are required to nominate a designated person to vote on their behalf who is a natural person, of or above 18 years of age.
• If you are unsure whether you are on the Council voters roll, Contact the Rates Coordinator – telephone 8641 9100.

Enrolling on Council’s 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 Council’s 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 the roll close deadline by 4 January 2027, otherwise you will not be able to vote in 2027 elections.

It only takes a minute to enrol or update your details before the close of roll at 5 pm, Monday 4 January 2027.

Check current enrolment details

You can check your current electoral enrolment online on the AEC's website.

Check your enrolment

If you cannot confirm your electoral enrolment online, you may still be enrolled. If you've recently completed an enrolment form, allow a week for the AEC to receive your form, process it and update the electoral roll.

You can also check your enrolment details by contacting the council you enrolled with, or Electoral Commission SA on 1300 655 232.

You cannot enrol over the phone or by post.