3 August: Voting day or nay?
Claims are being made that different parties will have different elections days.
Voting days for different parties will be held on different days.
No, not really. (Sorry for the fright)
But the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has said that “mischevious and misleading” emails, text and tweets are doing the rounds on social media claiming that voting will be held on different days for different parties.
The IEC has denied this and said it is completely untrue.
Scam alert: Be aware of mischievous & misleading emails, texts & tweets about voting in the #2016MunicipalElections.
— IEC South Africa (@IECSouthAfrica) July 29, 2016
All registered voters can still prepare to cats their votes on 3 August from 7am till 7pm.
Scam alert: Claims that voting to be held on different days for different parties are completely untrue. All voting on 3 Aug 7am-7pm.
— IEC South Africa (@IECSouthAfrica) July 29, 2016
Remember, voters who applied for special votes will cast their votes on 1 and 2 August.
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