Ward 112 Councillor, Candice James said two voting stations in her ward did not open on time.
Speaking to her at 7.30am on election day, James was concerned that the voting stations at St Peters Preparatory College and Rivonia Recreation Club were not yet open because the IEC failed to deliver material on time, despite the IEC announcing that they have done everything in their power to prepare themselves. James said the commission did not deliver some materials that were needed to allow voting to take place.
The biggest concern was that most voters were leaving stations and said they will not be voting anymore because of what looks like a lack of preparation from the IEC side.
She confirmed that more than 150 people were queuing. “Others are very angry and are now leaving, saying they will not come back because they have been standing for too long.”
In ward 112 Councillor Tim Truluck confirmed that most things were running smoothly. He said all material arrived on time, allowing voting stations to open on time. He said the turn out was good. In the first hour of voting stations being open, more than 200 people arrived to cast in their votes at Saxonwold while at Blairgowrie, he said more than 100 people had arrived.
This year’s municipal elections are highly contested, with the poling agency, Ipsos predicting that there will be no outright winner in the City of Johannesburg.
A poll ran by the agency found that the ANC will walk with 46 percent of the votes while the DA had 41 percent and the EFF stood at eight percent.
