To be eligible for this roll, a person must be:

• Registered on the state electoral roll where they live, and
• Either own or have a right of continuous occupation under a lease agreement or other legal instrument of a property within the Shire of Dowerin, and
• The right of continuous occupation must extend for a period of at least three months.

Enrolment on the owner/occupier roll allows a person who is enrolled to vote at one address, and owns or occupies property at a different address, to vote in both areas.

Where two or more individuals jointly own or occupy a property, up to two of them may enroll, with the written agreement of a majority of the owners where there are three or more co-owners or occupiers.

Where a company or body corporate owns or occupies ratable land, up to two people can be enrolled to vote on its behalf. If the same company or body corporate owns more than one property in a district or ward, the body is still only entitled to have two nominated persons on the roll.

Occupiers and occupier nominees remain on the roll for a period of two elections after their enrolment is accepted and then are taken off the roll six months after the second election. They must then re-enrol if they wish to continue as electors. Owners of a rateable property remain on the roll until the property passes ownership.

The Shire encourages all business representatives and property owners to have their say by voting.

To check your enrolment status on the residents roll visit the Western Australian Electoral Commission.

Forms

For individuals applying in their own names either as owners or occupiers, please download, complete and return either Form 2 OR Form 2A:

• Form 2 – Owner or Co-Owner
• Form 2A – Occupier or Co-Occupier

For individuals being nominated by a corporate body as owner nominees or occupier nominees, please download, complete and return either Form 2B OR Form 2C:

• Form 2B – Nomination by Group of Owners / Occupiers
  (Attach this form where you are claiming enrolment eligibility for a group of owners or occupiers along with either Form 2 or Form 2A)
• Form 2C – Nomination by Body Corporate
  (Attach this form where you are claiming enrolment eligibility as the nominee of a body corporate along with either Form 2 or Form 2A)

Please send completed forms to our administration team via dowshire@dowerin.wa.gov.au