A week left for South Africans overseas to register to vote in SA
The IEC says it received 27,899 applications to vote from outside the country in 2014, while 2019's figure stands at 12,425 thus far
South Africans who live abroad and want to cast their vote for the 2019 general elections have one more week to apply. Registered voters living abroad or travelling at the time of the elections have until March 31 to apply and notify the chief electoral officer of their intention to vote at one of SA's 121 foreign missions. Voting outside the country is scheduled to take place on Saturday April 27 at South African foreign missions, 11 days before the elections are held in SA. The Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) said this was to allow for the ballot papers to be securely transported back to its national office in SA and counted in front of party agents.
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