IF you are going to be out-of-country on election day, 8 May for the 2019 National and Provincial Elections, and you are registered to vote, you can now apply online to vote abroad.
That’s according to the IEC who said in a statement that people wanting to vote while abroad can visit, www.elections.org.za
Registered voters can apply by completing and submitting a VEC10 form via the website.
“Applications are open to both those voters registered abroad as well as locally registered voters who will be travelling outside of the country during the election and wish to vote outside of the country,” the IEC said.
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In 2014 the Electoral Commission received 27 899 applications to vote outside the country of which 26 716 were approved and a total of 18 446 actually voted in the election.
Voting outside of South Africa takes place on Saturday, 27 April to allow for the secure transport of completed ballot papers back to the national office of the Electoral Commission where they will be counted in front of party agents and added to the national ballot count once polling closes on 8 May.
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