Wodonga City Council, Lake Hume Ward by-election

Candidates

Nominations close at 12 noon on Tuesday 26 August.

How to nominate

To nominate, you must:

• complete the Victorian Government's free Local government candidate training. You must have completed this training within 2 years of Saturday 4 October 2025.
• complete a nomination form
• submit your completed nomination form in person at the election office. Call us on 131 832 to make an appointment.
• pay the $250 nomination fee.

Candidate Helper

Candidate Helper can help you complete your:

• nomination form
• candidate statement
• candidate questionnaire.

Go to Candidate Helper

Candidate statement and questionnaire

To tell voters about your background, qualifications and what you stand for, you can submit:

• a candidate statement of up to 200 words
• answers to the candidate questionnaire
• a photo of yourself.

This information will be publicly available on this website until the election result is declared.

You must submit your statement, photo and questionnaires before 12 noon on Tuesday 26 August.

Campaign donations

By law, candidates must disclose donations and gifts they receive in the lead up to a by-election.

For more information, visit the Local Government Inspectorate.

More information

To learn about who can be a candidate and how to nominate you can:

• read about becoming a local council candidate
• download a candidate handbook.

Voting

Voting in this by-election is by post. We will mail your ballot pack to your enrolled address from Monday 15 September.

Your ballot pack will have:

• a ballot paper
• candidate statements
• a ballot paper envelope (for your vote to go in)
• a reply-paid envelope (for your ballot paper envelope to go in). 

I'm away or have changed address

Applications to redirect your ballot pack have closed. We'll mail your ballot pack to your enrolled address from Monday 15 September.

If you will be away during the election period or have changed address, there are multiple ways you can get a replacement ballot pack sent to a different address. You can:

• use our online replacement form
• call us on 131 832

We'll share more information about all these options on Monday 15 September.

If you moved within or out of Lake Hume Ward since the roll closed on Wednesday 23 June you must vote or risk a fine.

How to vote

Follow the instructions in your ballot pack to complete your vote.

Make sure you post it or drop it off at the election office before 6 pm on Friday 3 October.

Who will vote?

You must vote if you are enrolled in Wodonga City Council, Lake Hume Ward at 4 pm on Wednesday 23 July.

If you don't vote we may send you a fine.

To check if you're eligible to vote, read the 'enrolment' section of this page or call us on 131 832.

Check my enrolment

Large print or braille ballot packs

If you are blind or have low vision, you can register to get your ballot pack in large print or braille.

Registrations for this by-election are closed.

You can register any time for future elections. Contact us on:

• call us on 03 8620 1314, 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday
• email BrailleAndLargePrint@vec.vic.gov.au

Enrolment

The deadline to enrol for this by-election was 4 pm on Wednesday 23 July.

Am I enrolled?

You must vote if you are a state-enrolled voter in Lake Hume Ward. 

Check my enrolment

You must vote if you are a council-enrolled voter in Lake Hume Ward.

Contact Wodonga City Council directly on 02 6022 9300 to check if you are a council-enrolled voter. 

If you own multiple properties in this ward

You are enrolled once and get one vote in this election.

If you are enrolled at one property and pay rates on another in this area, you will vote for your enrolled address.