The Electoral Commissioner has received formal advice from the Governor of a vacancy in the Legislative Council for the South Metropolitan Region as a result of the resignation of the Honourable Stephen Pratt.
You can see the full notice here.
Counting of votes for the 2025 WA State Election is continuing for all districts across Western Australia.
Ballot papers have to go a long way to reach polling places across Western Australia and now have to go even further for some regional districts.
The delivery of ballot papers to the Kimberley region for the upcoming state election is on track after a necessary detour across state lines in the wake of Ex Tropical Cyclone Zelia.
While flooding impacts have resulted in major road closures in certain parts of WA’s north, contingency plans and alternative routes have ensured that distribution is progressing as swiftly as possible.
The Court of Disputed Returns has upheld the result of two City of Fremantle ward elections held during the 2023 Local Government Ordinary Elections.
The Court of Disputed Returns, an independent court which oversees election conduct, ruled it was not necessary to re-run local government elections in Fremantle’s Central and Coastal wards.
The journey to the 2025 State General Election, scheduled for Saturday 8 March 2025, has officially commenced with the issuing of the writs by the Governor of Western Australia. One writ is issued for each of the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council.
Signed by His Excellency the Honourable Chris Dawson AC APM, the writs were formally handed over to Western Australian Electoral Commissioner, Mr Robert Kennedy.
These writs direct the Electoral Commissioner to conduct elections in all Legislative Assembly districts and Legislative Council.
The Western Australian Electoral Commission is calling on 18-30 year-olds to check they are enrolled for the WA State election, with more than 10% of eligible Western Australians in this age group not enrolled to vote.
Western Australia is set to boost community engagement and voter participation with the launch of the Ambassador Program ahead of the WA State General Election on 8 March.
This important initiative is designed to amplify grassroots involvement by enlisting passionate individuals from across WA to serve as Electoral Ambassadors.
The program focuses on supporting culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities by providing a local, trusted contact in their community during the State election.
As the WA State election campaign gains momentum, the Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) is taking action to combat the spread of misinformation and disinformation.
During elections, voters are often inundated with vast amounts of information, some of which may be unreliable or deliberately false.
Adding to these challenges, advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are creating new risks, such as the production of misleading text, imagery or video.
The Western Australian Electoral Commission is hiring thousands of people to work at the upcoming State Election in March.
These essential short-term roles offer a special opportunity to work on this major event, from working across early voting or at a polling place on election day to being involved in vote processing and counting.
“Western Australia is heading to the polls on Saturday 8 March and this is your chance to be part of something big,” WA Electoral Commissioner Robert Kennedy said.
WA Electoral Commissioner Robert Kennedy
The act of casting your vote, of marking your preferred candidates and submitting your ballot papers, might seem straightforward. But it will take thousands of Western Australians working together across the state to ensure every eligible voter gets to have their say in the 2025 WA State Election.