	{"id":101026,"date":"2024-08-02T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=101026"},"modified":"2024-08-02T11:50:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T01:50:09","slug":"enrolment-deadline-for-local-elections-closes-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/enrolment-deadline-for-local-elections-closes-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Enrolment deadline for local elections closes soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VICTORIAN Electoral Commissioner Sven Bluemmel has urged state-enrolled and council-enrolled voters to be ready to cast their vote in the coming local government elections.<\/p>\n<p>The council elections in the Surf Coast Shire, City of Greater Geelong and Borough of Queenscliffe will be conducted by post \u2013 a safe and completely secret method of voting.<\/p>\n<p>Electoral Commissioner Sven Bluemmel issued a call to residents and ratepayers in the three municipalities to be ready to have their say.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Make sure you&#8217;re enrolled correctly by the close of roll, which is 4pm on Wednesday August 7.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As this is a postal election, it&#8217;s important to check your address details are correct \u2013 this includes any alternative postal address,&#8217; Mr Bluemmel said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re an Australian citizen and recently turned 18, or moved and haven&#8217;t updated your address, or if you&#8217;ve just closed your post office box with Australia Post, you can enrol or update your details online at <a href=\"https:\/\/vec.vic.gov.au\/enrolmen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vec.vic.gov.au\/enrolmen<\/a>t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>People living outside a particular municipality who pay rates for a property they own within it, non-Australian citizens who occupy and pay rates on a property in a municipality, or a representative of a company or business operating in a municipality can apply to the relevant council to enrol.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bluemmel also reminded voters that the rules for council enrolments have recently changed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Voting in local council elections is now compulsory for all state- and council-enrolled voters. In previous elections it was not compulsory for council-enrolled voters to vote \u2013 now everyone must vote if they are on the voters&#8217; roll,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Voters who will be away during the election period can have their ballot pack redirected to an address of their choice by completing a redirection form online at vec.vic.gov.au by September 9.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, phone 131 832 or head to <a href=\"https:\/\/vec.vic.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vec.vic.gov.au<\/a>, where state-enrolled voters can also sign up to the free VoterAlert service to receive important election reminders by SMS and email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VICTORIAN Electoral Commissioner Sven Bluemmel has urged state-enrolled and council-enrolled voters to be ready to cast their vote in the coming local government elections. 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