IEC still capturing votes in eThekwini
eThekwini votes are still being captured and audited by IEC officials.
THE Electoral Commission briefed the media this morning and reported that election day proceedings had gone smoothly with only a few glitches.
According to the IEC, 4792 voting stations were opened on time except for a few voting stations who experienced minor technical glitches but were swiftly attended to. No shortages of material were reported from any voter stations.
At Ingwe Municipality it was reported that a voter had collapsed inside the voting station and was later declared dead. Gale force winds were also responsible for delays as some tents were blown away by the winds. Where repairs were possible, these were carried out but in cases where they could not be repaired, the voting station was moved to nearby buildings.
Most voting stations closed on time. A few voting stations did experience queues and had to be closed later once all voters that were in the queue by closure at 7pm were attended to. The last voting station closed at about 10:45pm.
Counting procedures commenced immediately after closure of each voting station and counting at all voting stations has been concluded. IEC staff and results auditors are currently capturing and auditing the results.
“We are expecting 13 510 results from our voting stations. As we report to you, 10 174 results have been capture on to our system. Of the 10 174 captured, 9 067 have already been audited which puts us at 61.3% of capturing of the results in KwaZuluNatal,” said a spokesperson from the IEC.
Only six municipalities have recorded a 100% capturing and auditing of the results, these are Umngeni, Mooi Mpofana, Richmond, Endumeni, Umvoti and Maphumulo.
In eThekwini, the biggest municipality in KZN, approximately 17% of the results have been captured. According tot he IEC, this can be attributed to voter turnout which meant long hours of counting and also distances in bringing results slips to the results centre for capturing.
