Elections
Those eligible to vote are all resident electors and non-resident ratepayer electors whose names appear on the electoral roll when it closes on Friday 12 August 2022. The Preliminary Electoral Roll will be available for public inspection from Friday 15 July 2022 to Friday 12 August 2022 at the above locations.
Resident Roll: All parliamentary electors, including those on the Māori Electoral Roll, are automatically enrolled on the Resident Roll, at the address where they live.
Any alterations to the Resident Roll (e.g. change of address details, including new postal addresses) should be made by:
- completing the appropriate form at any postal agency;
- phoning 0800 ENROLNOW (0800 36 76 56)
- accessing the Electoral Commission website on www.vote.nz
Ratepayer Roll: If a person is on the parliamentary roll in one area and pays rates on a property in another area, this person may be eligible to be enrolled on the non-resident ratepayer roll. A firm, company, corporation or society paying rates on a property may nominate one of its members or officers as a ratepayer elector (provided the nominated person resides outside the area). Ratepayer Roll enrolment forms are available at www.cluthadc.govt.nz, or by phoning 0800 922 822.
How to vote?
Voting packs will be sent out in the mail to all those who have enrolled from Friday 16 September 2022.
The voting period is three weeks (Friday 16 September 2022 to noon Saturday 8 October 2022). Electors may post their completed voting documents back to the electoral officer using the orange pre-paid envelope sent with their voting document.
A polling place for the issuing of special voting documents and for the receiving of completed voting documents will be available from Friday 16 September 2022 to noon Saturday 8 October 2022 at all council offices.
To be counted, all completed voting documents must be in the hands of the electoral officer or an electoral official by noon Saturday 8 October 2022.
Progress results will be announced early afternoon on election day, and preliminary results will be announced on Sunday morning, 9 October 2022. Final results will be known on Thursday 13 October 2022, and all results will be accessible on Council’s website.
Do you live in one area and pay rates on a property in another area?
You may qualify to vote in both areas at the local authority elections in October 2022.
You may like to vote in this election. Voting is a way to have your say on what happens in your local community. This information is designed to help you. It notes who you can contact to enrol, and ways you might qualify to vote.
There are two types of electors
Residential Electors – If you are registered to vote on the electoral roll, you are automatically enrolled to vote in local authority elections. You will receive a voting document so that you can vote by post.
Ratepayer Electors – You may also be eligible to enrol as a non-resident ratepayer elector in a council district if both of these apply:
- you are on the district valuation roll and pay rates in the council district
- the address where you are registered as a Parliamentary elector is outside that council district.
Your eligibility to enrol or be nominated as a ratepayer elector may also depend on your individual circumstances as determined by criteria in the Local Electoral Act 2001 and its regulations.
Forms and downloadable brochures
- Candidate Information Handbook
- Ratepayer Enrollment Form
- FAQs
- Clutha District Wards Map
- Elections Timetable
- Fact Sheet
- Ratepayer voter information
Contact us
Dale Ofsoske, Electoral Officer
Independent Election Services Ltd
Level 2, 198 Federal Street, Auckland
PO Box 5135, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142
Email: info@electionservices.co.nz
Phone: 0800 922 822
Lilly Paterson, Council Liaison Person
Clutha District Council
1 Rosebank Terrace, Balclutha
PO Box 25, Balclutha 9240
Email: lilly.paterson@cluthaudc.govt.nz
Phone: 0800 801 350 or 03 419 0200
