Enrol to vote at elections

If you're an Australian citizen aged 18 years or over, you are legally required to enrol to vote with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).

Once you have enrolled to vote, it is your responsibility to keep your enrolment details up to date.

You can enrol to vote online with the AEC if you:

• are an Australian citizen
• are a British citizen who was enrolled to vote in Australia on or before 25 January 1984, and
• are aged 16 years or older, and
• have lived at your current address for at least one month.

Note: You can enrol when you turn 16 years of age but cannot vote until you’re 18.

If you need a paper form, contact the AEC.

For help updating your enrolment details, call 13 23 26.  

More information

• If your circumstances affect your ability to enrol to vote (for example, you are living overseas, have no fixed address or are in prison), you may be eligible to use the special enrolment options.
• If you enrolled online, you can use the receipt number provided to check the progress of your enrolment.
• To get back on the electoral roll, visit the Australian Electoral Commission website.
• Learn more about how to vote in an election.