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Last chance for Tlokwe and Ventersdorp voters to update address details─── MOEKETSI MOGOTSI 16:41 Fri, 24 Jun 2016
Potchefstroom - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has given all registered voters in the Tlokwe and Ventersdorp Municipalities a final opportunity to provide their address details ahead of the 2016 Municipal Election.
All 113 voting stations in the area will be open on Saturday and Sunday but only to already registered voters to either provide missing address details or to correct their address details on the voters’ roll.
This comes after the Constitutional Court ordered the IEC to find missing details of addresses that appear on the voters’ roll in order to allow the 2016 Municipal Elections to proceed on 3 August this year.
No registrations of new voters will be allowed, however.
Hans-Jurie Moolman, legal representative for the independent candidates in the region, says they are positive about the outcome of the Constitutional Court’s decision.
“We believe it has addressed the issues that have been preventing the elections in previous months. Depending on the outcome of the verification of addresses the IEC is currently doing, we are positive that at least there’s going to be fewer concerns about the credibility of the voters’ roll. It also plays a vital role in free and fair elections,” he said.
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