Enrol to vote

Updated: 15 May 2012

You can enrol to vote for the first time or get back on the roll if you:

  • are an Australian citizen or a British subject who was enrolled on 15 January 1984, and
  • are 18 years or older*, and
  • have lived at your current address for at least one month.

* You can enrol if you are 16 or 17 but you cannot vote until you turn 18.

Already enrolled? Change your address online.

Start online enrolment

Enrol online

Complete this form to enrol or to get back on the electoral roll, then print, sign and return the form to the AEC.

To enrol, you need to show evidence of your identity by:

  • providing your driver's licence number, or
  • providing your Australian passport number, or
  • having your identity confirmed by a person who is on the electoral roll.
Check your form status

Check your form status

Once you submit your enrolment form, you can check the status using the receipt number provided.

Special enrolment forms

There is a special enrolment form for people in any of the following categories:

Other ways to enrol to vote

If you have trouble accessing the online enrolment form you can:

When updating your enrolment details you might also need to update your personal details with your state and territory road traffic authority.