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 Central Wards, have included compilation errors. In some instances, either the Mayoral or Councillor ballot paper is missing, while in others there are two of one type of ballot paper and none of the other.
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 boxes in the Byford area, within the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale.
The Western Australian Electoral Commission is working with the WA Police on this matter but given it is under police investigation, the Commission will make no comment concerning those allegedly involved.
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 completed ballot paper.
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, click here.
The public funding figure has been updated for the 2021–2022 financial year to $1.986053.
The Western Australian Electoral Commission’s annual report for the 2019-2020 financial year has been tabled in WA Parliament.
See it here.
This document outlines the Western Australian Electoral Commission's current and future state, as well as the strategies put in place to achieve this.
See the 2020-2025 Strategic Plan here.
During 2017-18 over 45,000 individuals directly participated in one of the various programs run by the Commission’s Electoral Education Centre.