The Commission provides a range of services and uses specialised equipment to assist electors with different needs to vote.
Phone Assisted Voting
Phone Assisted Voting (PAV) allows eligible electors who are unable to vote by traditional means without assistance to vote over the telephone. Phone assisted voting is done by using the telephone keypad and automated interactive voice response technology. Phone assisted voting is a secure form of voting. Phone voters will only be identified by a secret PIN and Voting ID. This ensures the anonymity of the voter.
Learn more about phone assisted voting for the 2025 State election.
Other Voting Options
Postal Voting
Any elector may apply for a postal vote once the election period commences. The easiest way is to apply online during election times, however you can also request to have a postal vote application form sent to you in the mail. Some elderly or incapacitated electors opt to become a General Early Voter, in which case postal votes are automatically sent to them at the State election.
Learn more about postal voting for the 2025 State election.
Mobile Polling
Mobile polling teams may be able to visit hospitals, special institutions and aged care facilities, in order to provide an in person voting service to permanent residents.
Find mobile polling places for the 2025 State election.
Early polling
Early polling is available across WA from 24 February for the 2025 State election.
Find your early polling place.
Polling places
For electors with mobility issues, a Polling Place Manager can take ballot papers to a vehicle parked at the polling place for an elector to cast their vote from their vehicle.
Polling places with the best wheelchair access are marked with a wheelchair symbol at polling places lists. An Accessibility Parking Bay is established in the best possible location relative to the polling place entrance.
All polling places have a desktop voting screen available where an elector can cast their vote whilst seated, whether in a wheelchair or standard chair. All polling places are provided with magnifying sheets, better hearing cards and triangular pencils.
It is the right of every elector to cast their vote in an environment which provides for a secret and independent ballot. However, you may seek assistance at any time. If you do not understand the process, are unable to, or have difficulty writing on your ballot paper or need any other support, you may ask a polling official, carer, friend or relative to assist you.
Accessibility polling places
In addition to the assistive devices available at all polling centres, Accessibility Voting Venues also have:
• Hearing loops or Hearing Amplifier
Hearing and listening aids can be ineffective in environments with a lot of talking or background noise, such as a polling place. Hearing loops are used to overcome this issue by enhancing the sound of a person’s voice, such as a polling official. Electors with a hearing or listening aid can switch to ‘T’ to use the system.
• Reader Pen
Electors who experience literacy difficulties or for whom reading the English language is a challenge, can use a reader pen to assist them to read and mark their ballot papers. The reader pen will verbalise any text that the pen is moved over.
Information for Carers
The Commission is committed to ensuring that carers are provided with every opportunity to vote at election time, and that they are provided with information to ensure those that they are caring for can participate in the electoral process if they are able to do so.