The Council Elections have been deferred until 2027
Read official statement from the Acting Electoral Commissioner.
How to enrol for the 7 April 2027 election
To participate in South Australian council elections—either to vote or nominate—you must be enrolled on the South Australian electoral roll (also known as the House of Assembly). Enrolment or updating details can be done quickly, but must be completed before 5pm, Date to be provided.
Who can enrol for Council elections?
Council elections allow a wider range of people to enrol compared to state elections. Eligible individuals include those on the South Australian electoral roll, non-resident owners or occupiers, sole owners/occupiers of a body corporate, landlords, and joint owners/occupiers.
Those interested in joining Council as an elected member for the Mid Murray Council must be enrolled on either the State Electoral roll at an address within the Mid Murray Council area or on the Council Supplementary Roll.
If you wish to vote you must be enrolled on either the State Electoral roll (House of Assembly roll) or on the council supplementary roll at an address within the Mid Murray Council area.
What is the voters roll?
The voters roll is a list of all the people who can vote in an election. The voters roll for Council elections are made up of the South Australian electoral roll and Council's supplementary roll.
South Australian electoral roll
If you are on the South Australian electoral roll for the Mid Murray Council area, you will automatically receive a ballot pack in October to vote in the 2026 council election.
Unsure of your enrolment status? You can check your enrolment details online (AEC website).
It is important to check if your residential and postal details are up to date on the South Australian electoral roll. If you have moved house or changed your name, you need to update your details via any of the below methods:
- online on the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) website
- print a PDF enrolment form (you can complete the form online then print, scan and send your form to the AEC)
- call the Electoral Commission SA on 1300 655 232 to request an enrolment form mailed.
Please note that you cannot enrol on to the South Australian (House of Assembly) electoral roll or update your details over the phone or by post.
Mid Murray Council's supplementary voters roll
You may be eligible to be included on the council's voters roll if any of the following apply:
- you are a non-resident sole owner or occupier of a property
- you are a landlord for rateable property
- you are an organisation/business that owns or occupies a property
- you are a group of owners or occupiers of property
If you are a business, organisation, property owner, or non-Australian resident, you will need to re-enrol to vote each year of an election. This is because councils must purge the roll on 1 January of every election year (except for City of Adelaide, which is updated automatically).
To apply to be on Mid Murray Council's voters roll, you will need to complete the appropriate form below (These forms will be available soon):
- Form 1 – Natural Person: For a non-resident owner/occupier who owns property in the Council area; is the only owner/occupier (tenant) and does not live or occupy that property.
- Form 2 – Body Corporate: For sole business owners or sole occupiers who occupy any type of rateable property in a council area and on the assessment record at the Council.
- Form 3 – Group Owners/Occupiers: For residents whose property is jointly owned or occupied by businesses, individual persons or a combination of both.
For more information please click here for the LGA's Council Election website