Information for Voters
Who can vote?
In a Victorian local council election, there are two types of voters:
1. State-enrolled (automatically enrolled to vote in the 2024 Colac Otway Shire Council elections).
2. Council-enrolled (must have applied to be enrolled and include owner ratepayers, occupier ratepayers and corporation representatives).
You can only vote once in each municipality, no matter how many properties you own or occupy.
Enrolment for this election has now closed.
Voting is compulsory
It is compulsory for every person enrolled to vote at the 2024 local council elections. This requirement then continues for every council election and by-election thereafter and applies whether you are a State-enrolled or council-enrolled voter.
Exemptions to compulsory voting are prescribed in regulation 84 of the Local Government (Electoral) Regulations 2020.
Resources for voters
To check if you are a State-enrolled or council-enrolled voter in Colac Otway Shire, either:
VEC Free online and in person Voter Education Sessions
The VEC deliver free online and in person voter education sessions about elections to communities including people with a disability, experiencing homelessness, from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and young people from all communities.
Voter education sessions can be delivered in some community languages and the VEC can provide interpreters.
For more information or to book a session click here or you can e-mail education@vec.vic.gov.au or call on 131 832, or in other languages (03) 9209 0112, or via the National Relay Service (03) 8620 1100.