THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is ready to receive millions of South Africans who will register or confirm their details as the commission prepares for the national and provincial elections later this year.
On Wednesday, IEC chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo said 22 925 voting stations will be open for registration at the weekend between 8am and 5pm on both days.
Mamabolo said this weekend’s voter registration will allow new voters to register and all existing voters to update and check their address and registration details.
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“Each voting station will be stocked with registration forms in all official languages, maps of the ward to help locate voters’ place of residence and copies of the current voters’ roll, along with various stationery items and sign boards.
“Each voting station will also be equipped with a ‘zip zip’ ID scanner, which contains the voters’ roll and helps to link each visitor to the voting station and ward,” he said.
Each voting station will be staffed with about three registration officials, who will assist voters swiftly and efficiently.
“There are currently 26 million registered voters on the national common voters’ roll and the Electoral Commission hopes at least one million additional voters will be added during this weekend’s registration drive,” he said.
Registered voters can also do this online via the ‘Click, Check and Confirm’ facility on the Electoral Commission’s website at www.elections.org.za.
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Since this service was introduced in October 2016, more than 125 000 voters have used the service to confirm or update their address details. The current registration drive ahead of this year’s national and provincial elections has seen a surge in the use of this portal, with more than 2 000 users per day updating their addresses on the site over the past week.
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