Today, the Government has released details of reforms to the Local Government Act 1995. Of interest to those who follow elections, the reforms include direct election of mayors in the larger local… read more

The recount for the Perth local government councillor election was completed on Sunday the 17th of October, see the results page.

The count for the Perth local government councillor election will require a recount, to be conducted on Sunday the 17th of October. 

Electoral Commission Returning Officers across Western Australia are now conducting ballot paper counts for the 2021 Local Government Elections. At the conclusion of each count, the figures are… read more

The Western Australian Electoral Commission has investigated reports that a small number of postal voting packages delivered to City of Joondalup electors, particularly in the South West and North… read more

On Wednesday 29 September 2021, the WA Electoral Commission was advised by the WA Police that they had apprehended two individuals allegedly stealing local government postal vote packages from letter… read more

Australia Post has started delivering voting packages to your mailbox. Each package contains a ballot paper and envelope, candidate profile document and a reply paid envelope for mailing back your… read more

The Western Australian Electoral Commission's 2020-2021 Annual Report was tabled in State Parliament today. To read more about the Electoral Commission's busy year, including the 2021 State Election,… read more

The public funding figure has been updated for the 2021–2022 financial year to $1.986053.   As at 1 July 2021, the figure used to calculate the reimbursement of election funding has been… read more

The Western Australian Electoral Commission’s annual report for the 2019-2020 financial year has been tabled in WA Parliament. See it here.