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The
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has announced
arrangements for the casting of special votes for the forthcoming
national and provincial elections.
The elections are due to be held in less than 20 days on April
14.
IEC spokesperson Lydia Young said eligible voters who could not
vote on poll day at the voting station in the voting district in
which they had been registered, because of various reasons,
qualified for a special vote.
Reasons that are considered valid include physical infirmity,
disability and pregnancy, absence on government service abroad,
being an election official, being a member of the security services
performing an election duty and South Africans temporarily abroad.
Persons in the physical infirmity, disability and pregnancy
category can apply either between 25 March and 8 April at the
office of the Municipal Electoral Officer or on April 12 at the
Office of the Presiding Officer of the voting district in which
they have registered. "If they find themselves in hospital in a
different town or city, then they must apply between March 25 and
April 8 at the Municipal Electoral Office of the town or city in
which the hospital is situated. "IEC officials will then visit such
voters on April 12 or 13 at the place indicated on their
application to enable them to cast their votes," she
explained.
Election officials and members of the security forces performing
election duty as well as South Africans temporarily absent who
indicated they wanted to vote prior to departure, she said, can
apply and vote on April 12 and 13 at the Office of the Presiding
Officer of the voting district in which they have registered.
–BuaNews.
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