Section 4: Enrol to Vote Activity Checklist

Prior to the day: 

• Define your audience/target group. Choose a group that is new to or less familiar with enrolling and voting. This could be senior students or migrant teachers for example.  
• Organise a time and date. Consider things like when people will be available (e.g. during or outside of school hours, if there are other events on) where you will have enough time for the process, or if there is an event that you could join. 
• Organise a trusted person (or team) to deliver the message e.g. talk about why it is important to vote and encourage people to enrol.
• Let others know about your plans where necessary e.g. your principal, group leaders etc. 
• Organise a suitable space. This could be venue that has enough room to seat everyone somewhere they can fill in a form, or if you are running a stall make sure there is space for people to access a hard surface to write on. 
• Get the word out. Let people know that you will be helping them enrol and learn about voting, and where and when that will happen. Use your school’s or community’s established social media groups or newsletters to promote the activity you are running and voting in general. 
• Familiarise yourself with the enrolment form so you can answer questions
• Familiarise yourself with relevant electoral commission pages so you know where to find the information you will be leading people to 
• Make a brief run sheet or talking points for your activity.   
• Request hard copy enrolment papers from the Electoral Commission website in plenty of time.

On the day: