The Victorian Electoral Commission

✉️ Return your ballot pack ✉️

Today is the last day to return your ballot pack for the Whittlesea City Council, Thomastown Ward by-election.

Your completed ballot pack must be in the mail or hand-delivered to the election office located at 109 Yale Drive, Epping by 6 pm to be counted.

If you haven’t received your ballot pack, you can collect a replacement from the election office.

👉 Learn more: https://go.vic.gov.au/4u6VqRA

City of Whittlesea

🚨 It’s your last chance to enrol!

The Kingston City Council, Melaleuca Ward,
Latrobe City Council, Morwell River Ward and the
Wyndham City Council, Heathdale Ward by-election is your chance to choose who represents your community.

Make sure you’re enrolled to have your say by 4 pm today:
💻 check or update your details: https://enrolment.vec.vic.gov.au/
☎️ council-specific enrolment category. Contact Kingston City Council, Latrobe City Council or Wyndham City Council to enrol as a council-enrolled voter.

Once you’re on the roll, keep an eye on your mailbox from Tuesday 14 July, that’s when the ballot packs will be posted from.

City of Kingston
Latrobe City Council
Wyndham City

Electoral Commissioner Sven Bluemmel recently returned the writ for the Nepean District by-election.

A writ is a formal legal document that starts an election and then confirms the result.

When the writ is returned, the election process is officially complete.

View the by-election results here: vec.vic.gov.au/results/state-election-results/state-by-elections-timeline/nepean-by-election-results/results-by-district/nepean-district-results

It’s triplets! There are 3 local council by-elections happening in July:
• City of Kingston, Melaleuca Ward
• Latrobe City Council, Morwell River Ward
• Wyndham City Council, Heathdale Ward

Each election will be conducted by post.
📅 To have your say, enrol or update your details by 4 pm Wednesday 20 May.

State-enrolled voters:
• Australian citizens
• 18 years or older on election day
• Live in the council area (for at least one month).

Check or update your enrolment: https://enrolment.vec.vic.gov.au

Not state-enrolled in the area?
If you are 18 or older on election day, you may be able to vote as a council-enrolled voter if you:
• pay rates for a property in the area that you own or occupy (including as a tenant)
• are a director or company secretary of a corporation that pays rates for a property in the area that it owns or occupies (and are nominated by that corporation).
Contact your council to check or apply for council enrolment.

Learn more about the by-elections:

👉 Kingston City Council, Melaleuca Ward: https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/voting/current-elections/kingston-melaleuca-ward-by-election

👉 Latrobe City Council, Morwell River Ward: https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/voting/current-elections/latrobe-city-council-morwell-river-ward-by-election

👉 Wyndham City Council, Heathdale Ward
https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/voting/current-elections/wyndham-city-council-heathdale-ward-by-election

Make sure you’re enrolled correctly to participate in shaping your community!

Voting centres are open today, from 8 am to 6 pm.

Find your nearest voting centre with the Election Venue Locator: https://maps.vec.vic.gov.au/elections

✉️ Voting by postal vote
If you’re voting by post, put your ballot pack in the mail by 6 pm today. We must receive your completed postal vote by 6pm on Friday 8 May for it to be counted. You can also take your ballot pack to a voting centre today.

Mornington Peninsula Shire

The Greater Bendigo City Council, Lockwood Ward by-election is complete.

Delivering a by-election involves detailed planning and coordinated work across many teams.

Here’s what it took to deliver:
🍬 8 candidates
📄 15,000 candidate leaflets printed
📬 10,533 ballot packs sent
📮 8,572 votes received
🎩 8,270 formal votes.

⏳ Early voting for the Nepean District by-election closes at 6 pm on Friday 1 May.

You can still vote on election day, Saturday 2 May, from 8 am to 6 pm.

📍 Find your nearest voting centre with the Election Venue Locator: https://maps.vec.vic.gov.au/elections

Plan your vote and make your voice count! 🗳️

For the upcoming Nepean District by-election, we are offering low-sensory voting.

Low-sensory voting provides an accessible, low-stimulus environment with less noise, lights, and distractions.

📅 Tuesday 21 April
🕙 10 am to 4 pm
📍 Dromana Community Hall
2A Verdon Street, access via Hodgkinson Street, Dromana.

https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/voting/current-elections/nepean-by-election/low-sensory-voting

Images shown are examples of low-sensory voting environments and may not represent the exact layout of this voting centre.