IEC urged to expeditiously confirm voters’ addresses
The IEC said it has plans to investigate the 1.1 million people with incomplete addresses and the 1.2 million without addresses on the voters’ roll.
THE Home Affairs Portfolio Committee has urged the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to move with speed to update the details of nine per cent of voters with incomplete or without addresses listed on the voters’ roll.
“This will ensure that the voters’ roll is in line with the 2016 Constitutional Court ruling in the Electoral Commission v Mhlope and others case,” portfolio committee chairperson, Advocate Bongani Bongo, said earlier this week.
The committee welcomed the announcement that the IEC has plans to investigate the 1.1 million people with incomplete addresses and the 1.2 million without addresses on the voters’ roll.
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The committee also welcomed the initiative to use geo-coding of addresses to confirm that locations are within wards of registration.
“The committee believes that the confirmation of addresses will play a critical role in confirming that the elections are free and fair. The committee has emphasised that the IEC must focus more of its energies on Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape – the provinces with the highest number of voters without addresses on the voters’ roll,” Bongo said.
Meanwhile, the committee said it is impressed with the IEC’s readiness to hold the 2021 Local Government Elections.
It also welcomed the IEC’s assertion that it has made provision to procure personal protective equipment for electoral staff to protect them against any infection, and ensure that voting stations do not become vectors of Covid-19.
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