Independent Electoral Commission - KZN

Make sure you can say on 3 August 2016. To find your correct voting station dial *120*432 # or phone 0800 11 8000 or visit http://bit.ly/2avL7Ej

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Do you have questions about the upcoming elections and not know where to start/ Please contact us on 031 279 2200 and we will assist you.

Here's how the voting process works:

Electoral Commission : Voting If you incorrectly mark a ballot paper and realise this before placing the paper in the ballot box, just ask the Presiding Officer for a new ballot paper. Please make sure that the incorrect ballot paper is marked as “cancelled”.

APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL VOTES FOR THE 2016 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS CLOSE AT 5PM TODAY
Voters have just until 5pm today, Friday 8 July 2016, to apply for a special vote in the 2016 Municipal Elections.
Special votes are available all registered voters including disabled, infirm and pregnant voters as well as members of the security forces, election officials, the media and any other voters who are unable to visit their voting station on Election Day, 3 August 2016.
There are two forms of special votes:
• Home visits: This is where election officials visit voters at their place of residence to allow them to cast their ballots. Home visits are only available to voters who are disabled, infirm or pregnant
• Special voting at your voting station.
Special votes may only be cast by voters who have applied for and received approval from the Electoral Commission to cast a special vote.
For the first time applications for special votes are available online via the Electoral Commission’s website www.elections.org.za and via cellphone by SMSing the voter’s ID number to 32249 (SMS charged at R1).
The SMS application facility is only available for those applying to cast a special vote at their voting station and NOT for home visits.
The traditional method of applying for a special vote at local IEC offices by submitting a MEC35 form is also still available. Forms must be hand-delivered but can be delivered on behalf of a voter by someone else.

Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) The 2016 Municipal Elections have been proclaimed and the voters’ roll is now closed for these elections. See the Election Timetable for the key milestone dates and deadlines until election day on Wednesday 3 August 2016.

200 PARTIES, 61 000 CANDIDATES TO CONTEST 2016 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
A record 200 parties and 61 014 candidates will contest the 3 August 2016 Municipal Elections following the certification on 27 June 2016 of parties and candidates contesting the elections.
This is approximately 65% more parties and approximately 12% more candidates than the previous municipal elections held in 2011.
As part of the verification of compliance process 8 350 candidates were disqualified. Of the candidates disqualified, the vast majority were disqualified for non-submission of documentation (46%), non-payment of deposit (38%) and not being registered voters in the municipality in which they wanted to contest (15%).
However, two issues could still see the final numbers of parties and candidates subject to minor amendments.
The first relates to 73 payments which the Electoral Commission received on time but could not link to a party or candidate as the payment did not contain the correct deposit reference number.
A second issue relates to any court challenges of disqualification by parties or candidates. The Electoral Commission is aware of at least one party which has approached the Electoral Court to overturn its disqualification for non-payment of deposit.
Resolution of final candidate and party lists is of the utmost urgency as the Electoral Commission must commence the printing of ballot papers by 4 July in order to ensure they are ready for the 3 August election.
Of the candidates contesting the elections approximately 60% are male and 40% are female. However, gender parity is more closely achieved on party PR lists where the gender ratio is 52 men to 48 women. When it comes to ward candidates, the picture is different with 66% men versus 34% women. Of the 831 independent candidates, 86% are men and only 14% are women.
The province with the highest percentage of women candidates is Limpopo province (43%) followed by the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape provinces (both at 42%) and then the Free State province (41%). The province with the lowest percentage of women candidates is KwaZulu-Natal province with 34%.
In terms of age, the average age of candidates is 44 years old (compared to 43 years in 2011). The youngest candidate is an 18 year old first-time voter who is standing for election in Ward 5 (EC 153) in Ingquza Hill Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape. The oldest candidate is 90 years old and is standing for election on the PR list in EC 443 in Mbizana Local Municipality, also in the Eastern Cape.
The list of candidates contesting the elections in each municipality is available for inspection at the relevant municipal office of the Electoral Commission. A full list of all parties and candidates is also available on www.elections.org.za
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Celebrate Youth Month and your right to stand up and vote on 3 August for the 2016 Municipal Elections.

Want to vote in the 2016 Municipal Elections? Find out more about who can register as a voter, when and where to register, and what documents you need to register. If you have moved since the last election. Call us on 031 279 2200.

By law, the Electoral Commission must publish an election timetable that clearly outlines all the electoral activities that need to take place by specific dates and times to ensure the smooth running of an election.

TIMETABLE FOR THE 2016 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
Following the proclamation of the 2016 Municipal Elections on 23 May 2016, the official Elections Timetable was today published in a special Government Gazette.
The timetable spans the next 72 days and lays down the key dates and deadlines for various milestones until Election Day on 3 August 2016.
The first action of the proclamation is to close the voters’ roll for the election. This means no new applicants may be admitted to the voters’ roll, including additional registrations or re-registrations. The certification of the voters’ roll for the 2016 Municipal Elections takes place on 31 May 2016.
Find the Election Timetable at http://bit.ly/1TvmBmG. Read more about the timetable at http://bit.ly/246gncz.

www.elections.org.za

Save the date – the 2016 Municipal Elections are to take place on Wednesday 3 August 2016.