Voters can still register says IEC
Voters can still register and update their registration and address details during office hours at local IEC offices countrywide.
THE Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) chief electoral officer, Mosotho Moepya, said voters can still register after this weekend’s voter registration weekend hiccup. According to records following the last registration weekend, there are approximately 6.92-million voters currently on the voters’ roll without any address details.
Moepya said voters can still register and update their registration and address details during office hours at local IEC offices countrywide until the municipal elections are proclaimed, at which point the voters’ roll will be closed.
“Proclamation of the 3 August municipal elections by the Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) is anticipated sometime in May. A list of the address of these offices is available on the Electoral Commission website or from the contact centre,” he said.
According to Moepya, KwaZulu-Natal overwhelmingly topped the registration activity during the final voter registration weekend, logging over 1.1-million visitors to its voting stations.
“Over the two weekends, a total of 1 384 254 new voters were added to the voter’s roll, bringing the total number of voters to 26 296 601, or approximately 77 per cent of the eligible voting population,” he said.
If you missed the deadline to register, contact the Sizakala Centre, situated at 327 Umhlanga Rocks Drive, on 031 311 6084.
For more information, visit www.elections.org.za.
