Enrolling to vote

City of Port Phillip Council elections will be held via postal vote throughout October. Council elections are your opportunity to have your say on the things that matter to you in our City.

If you are enrolled to vote in the City of Port Phillip, you will receive your postal vote forms via regular mail in early October, with instructions on how to vote, and a date in which that vote is due back.

Once enrolled, it is mandatory to vote in council elections.

Who is eligible to vote?

If you are aged 18 or over on election day (25 October 2024), you can vote if you:

• Rent a house or apartment in the City of Port Phillip – you need a signed rental agreement and to have lived there for a month or more.
• Own a house or apartment in the City of Port Phillip and live in it.
• Own a house or apartment in the City of Port Phillip and live somewhere else in Australia.
• Are a business owner, who owns or leases a commercial property in the city. You could be sharing the property with another business.
• Represent a company or corporation that owns or leases a property in the city.

How do I enrol to vote?

The eligible voters above fall into two types of voters in council elections:

These are:

• State-enrolled voters: Australian citizens who are 18 years of age or over and live in the City of Port Phillip.
• Council-enrolled voters: ratepayers such as property owners, occupiers or corporations.

You have one vote per council area. If you are a state-enrolled voter, that is the enrolment you use to vote.

State-enrolled voters

If you enrolled to vote in state elections, live in the City of Port Phillip and are an Australian Citizen who is 18 years of age or over, you are automatically enrolled as a state-enrolled voter in council elections. You will receive your ballot pack to vote in October.

If you are not sure if you are enrolled, wish to update your enrolment details or you wish to enrol to vote for the first time, you can check your enrolment on the VEC website.

Council-enrolled voters

If you are a property owner, occupier or representatives of companies within the City of Port Phillip who are not state-enrolled voters for the municipality of Port Phillip, you can enrol as a council-enrolled voter.  

Council-enrolled voters fall into the following categories: 

Ensuring you are enrolled to vote means that you can have your say on the future of the City of Port Phillip.

You can find our more information about the election on our elections page, including information on becoming a candidate.

Applying to be a council-enrolled voter

Applications to enrol for the 2024 council elections have now closed.