Enrol
To nominate and vote in the local government elections, you must first enrol with the Tasmanian Electoral Commission (TEC).
If you are enrolled to vote on the State or Federal Electoral Roll, you are already enrolled for local government elections.
To find out if you're enrolled to vote, you can check your enrolment details here or head to the Tasmanian Electoral Commission website.
You are eligible to enrol for Tasmanian local government elections if:
- You are 16 or 17 years of age* or older.
- You are an Australian citizen.
- You have lived at your present address for at least the last month.
You are also eligible to vote in local government elections under some special provisions if:
- You own or occupy land in a municipal area different from where you are enrolled on the state electoral roll. Or
- You are the nominated representative of a body corporate which owns or occupies land in the municipal area.
Then you can apply to be on the General Manager's Roll. Please contact your local council to find out more.
The exception is prisoners serving a sentence of imprisonment for more than 3 years.
British subjects who are not Australian citizens are eligible to enrol for Tasmanian elections if they were on a Commonwealth of Australia electoral roll on 25th January, 1984.
*You may enrol when you are 16 or 17, but you cannot vote until you're 18.
Do I have to enrol?
Yes, if you are 18 or older and otherwise eligible, you must enrol to vote. You may be fined if you do not enrol. If you are only 16 or 17, enrolment is not compulsory.
Do I have to vote?
Yes, voting is compulsory in the Tasmanian local government elections. You may be fined if you do not vote.