Registrations close at 4pm on Friday, August 28.

The October 24 election will take place via postal vote, statewide.

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Ballot packs will be making their way to homes in Greater Bendigo from October 6 - 8.

Candidates will be able to nominate from September 18 - 22.

With the voters' roll shortly set to close, here are the answers to some last minute questions you might have about registering.

Yes, if you are an Australian citizen over the age of 18 and have lived in Victoria for at least a month.

If you meet the above description, the Victorian Electoral Commission says you must be on the state roll for your home address.

State-enrolled voters have to vote, or they run the risk of being fined.

That said, state-enrolled voters aren't the only ones who can have their say in council elections.

If you are at least 18 years old on election day and pay rates on a property, you might be eligible to be a council-enrolled voter in that local government area.

Voting is not compulsory for council-enrolled voters outside of Melbourne City Council.

To be a council-enrolled voter, you can't already be state-enrolled in that local government area.

Council-enrolled voters can include ratepayers who are not Australian citizens, ratepayers who do not live within the council area where their property is, and a director of a corporation that pays rates within a council area.

For more on the criteria for state-enrolled and council-enrolled voters, click here.

If you are a state-enrolled voter, you can do all over the above online by visiting the VEC website.

Here is the link.

Some council-enrolled voters are automatically enrolled, others have to apply.

The VEC has all the details here.

You won't get a ballot pack, but you might receive a fine.

There is the option of applying for an unenrolled vote if you miss Friday's close of roll deadline. But you'll need to contact your local election office. The VEC is planning for local election offices to open on September 16.

The fine this year is $83, and you could be up for a further $25.80 if you don't pay or take other action within 28 days.

The first thing you'll receive if you don't vote is an apparent failure to vote notice.

The apparent failure to vote notice is not a fine. It allows you 28 days to explain why you might not have voted, or whether you might have received the notice in error.

If you don't respond to the apparent failure to vote notice in time, or if your explanation is not accepted, the next thing you'll receive is the fine.

You'll have 28 days to pay the $83, or do one of three other things. You can request a payment plan or extension, request an internal review, or request to take the matter to the Magistrates' Court.

A penalty reminder notice is issued if the fine goes unanswered. That's when the additional $25.80 kicks in.

Recipients have another 28 days to either pay the $108.80 or request an extension, payment plan, review, or the opportunity to take the matter to the Magistrates' Court.

If all of the above don't resolve things, the VEC refers the matter to Fines Victoria.

For more on the process, click here.

Roughly three-quarters of enrolled voters in Greater Bendigo City Council cast their votes in the previous election, in 2016.

That's a voter turnout rate of 74.2 per cent, with 65,055 of the local government area's 87,677 enrolled voters getting involved.

For questions about council enrolment in Greater Bendigo City Council, call 5434 6000.

Not in Bendigo? No worries. Here is a link to the council election contacts on the VEC website.

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