CABINET is pleased with the progress being made in the implementation of the Constitutional Court judgment to assign addresses to the voters’ roll.
In June 2016, the Constitutional Court handed down judgment that the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) had to correctly capture the addresses of all registered voters on the voters’ roll before the 2019 general election. The Constitutional Court set the IEC a deadline for 30 June 2018.
At its fortnightly meeting this week Cabinet was briefed on the progress report on the implementation of the judgment. To date the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), working with other state agencies, has attained almost 75 per cent success in collecting the addresses of potential voters.
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The Electoral Commission launched an online address campaign to assist it in meeting the 30 June 2018 target to capture addresses of all registered voters.
The MyIEC online campaign allows voters to log onto the IEC website via www.elections.org.za/MyIEC to update and capture their addresses.
Once voters have created their profile on the site, they can easily locate their address on the map provided or fill in their address manually. The facility includes features which allow the user to pinpoint their address on a map provided on the site.
To assist voters, the IEC revived its Contact Centre on 0800 11 8000 and a short demonstration video has been included on its website. The system allows for voters to change addresses as often as they move to ensure that voters’ details are always updated.
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