The Electoral Commission works with Council to keep the electoral rolls updated. This is important because the voting information packs that you receive in the mail are tailored to your local area and the candidates who are nominated in it.
Once you enrol, you are enrolled for both the Central Government elections and the Local Government elections.
There are several ways you can enrol to vote or update your details to make sure you can vote on the day.
Enrolling online is the quickest and easiest way to enrol to vote.
Enrol or update your details online through the Electoral Commission website.
You can download an enrolment form here and either:
Email: [email protected]
Post:
Electoral Commission
FREEPOST 2 ENROL
PO BOX 190
Wellington 6140
You can have an enrolment form mailed to you by:
Complete an enrolment form online and have it emailed or posted to you for you to sign and return to the Electoral Commission.
Further information can be found on the Electoral Commission website here.
You may already be enrolled, check using this flowchart!
By enrolling and checking that your details are up-to-date, you are making sure that you will receive your voter information pack in the mail.
Your pack will include:
Postage is paid for on the return of the envelopes, so all you need to do is drop them in the nearest post box or voting box before polling close date.
When you receive your voter information pack, check that the information is correct.
If there is an error or you have not received your voter information pack, call the Electoral Commission at 0800 36 76 56.
When you move house, be sure to tell the Electoral Commission so they know where to send your voting documents.
When voting papers are returned as undelivered to the Electoral Commission, they have no option but to remove you from the Electoral Roll.
You don't have to be 18 years old to enrol. You can enrol from your 17th birthday so that the next time an election comes around you're all prepared to vote.
Do you live in one council area and pay rates on a property in another?
You may qualify to vote in both areas at the local elections.
Your eligibility to enrol or be nominated as a ratepayer elector may depend on your individual circumstances as determined by criteria in the Local Electoral Act 2001 and its regulations.
An organisation can nominate one of its members to vote on its behalf
If a firm, company, trust, corporation, society partners, joint tenants or tenants in common collectively pay rates on a property in a council are, one person of the group may be nominated to be the ratepayer elector.
The person nominating, and the nominated person, must be enrolled at addresses outside the council are where the property is located.
You can only enrol once
You can only enrol, or be nominated to enrol, once in a council area, no matter how many properties you own in that area. Council area includes: a city, district and regional council area; a community board area if established; the area of Auckland Council and the local boards.
New ratepayer electors
If you think you may be eligible to enrol or to nominate someone as a ratepayer elector, please visit the Ratepayer Elector Portal.
Have a question? Ask us at [email protected]
