IEC gets going on voters’ roll for 2019, and has an idea to make its job easier
The Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) has launched a massive online campaign to confirm and collect addresses of 26-million voters for a credible voters’ roll in time for the 2019 national elections.The IEC also thinks a change to voter registration requirements in SA’s electoral laws could assist it.This after the bruising Constitutional Court judgment in June last year that the IEC had failed to collect and maintain addresses for a credible voters’ roll.In 2016‚ the Electoral Court ordered the IEC to postpone by-elections in Tlokwe‚ North West‚ after opposition parties successfully argued that the commission was compelled to provide addresses for everyone on the voters’ roll.The opposition parties approached the court following allegations that the ANC had manipulated the roll‚ with some voters voting where they were not registered to vote.The IEC took the decision on review to the Constitutional Court‚ questioning whether the lack of addresses served to invalidate the entire voter...
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