Nominations for the SA First Nations Voice Election have now closed.

What you need to nominate

• Candidate Booklet
• Nomination Form
• National Police Check Form
• Photograph Guidelines

Authorising electoral material

All electoral material produced for the SA First Nations Voice Election requires an authorisation statement.

A candidate may authorise their own material. This authorisation message must follow the template below:

Authorised by (candidate’s name), candidate for election to the Local First Nations Voice for Region (Region name or number)”

Someone other than the candidate may authorise the electoral material on behalf of the candidate. In this instance, the authorisation message must follow the template below:

Authorised by (authoriser’s name), (authoriser’s address).

Only one of the options above needs to be present on the electoral material.

Electoral material on social media

If electoral material is being shared across social media, then the authorisation message does not need to be present on each individual post (as long as the authorisation message is contained in the person’s bio/about page).

Further information for candidates can be found in the Candidate Booklet.

Who can be a candidate?

To be eligible to be a candidate, you must be:

• An Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person; and
• 18 years or older; and
• On the South Australian electoral roll; and either
• Enrolled within the region you are nominating for;
  OR
  A traditional owner in relation to an area (located wholly or partly) within the region you are nominating for.

Who cannot be a candidate?

You are not able to be a candidate, if you:

• Are currently in jail; or
• Have been found guilty of a serious criminal offence within the last 2 years; or
• Are restricted from travelling within South Australia because of bail, parole or other agreement; or
• Have been disqualified from managing corporations under the Corporations Act 2001.

Who are the candidates?

ECSA does not disclose who has nominated until the declaration of candidates. This event is to be held on Tuesday 24 February 2026.

At this event, ECSA declares the names of the accepted candidates for each region, and:

• If there are more candidates than positions, ECSA conducts a draw to determine the order that candidates will appear on the ballot paper.
• If there are less candidates than positions, these candidates are declared elected.

How long are members of a Local First Nations Voice elected for?

Candidates that are successfully elected to a Local First Nations Voice serve a term of four years.