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The Independent Electoral Commission has called on South Africans to come out in their numbers this weekend to register to vote in next year’s general election.
Voter registration is scheduled to take place this weekend, on 18 and 19 November.
“Only those who are on the voters’ roll can have a say in the electoral outcomes next year,” said Chief Electoral Officer, Sy Mamabolo.
He said the delivery of essential voter registration materials, including voter management devices, stationery packs, and document storage boxes, have been provisioned and delivered across all provinces.
“Importantly, the registration process does not require the completion of forms at the station and therefore, limited time will be spent at the station for actual registration,” Mamabolo said.
He said the voters' roll, as it existed at the beginning of October, has been printed and delivered to municipalities.
“Approximately, 260 tons of equipment and material has been handled through our logistics value chain. Since the Commission launched the online registration portal in July 2021, a total of 1.1 million registration transactions have been recorded.”
The IEC said its portal was a hive of activity this year, with 52% of all transactions being recorded in the 11 months of the year, with new registrations accounting for 40.6% of total online registration activity.
“The Commission encourages registered voters to check the correctness of their details by visiting registration stations over the weekend. This is crucial because, with the amendments to prescripts, voters may only vote in the voting district in which they are registered,” Mamabolo said.
