Vol. 407, No. 20066, 7 May 1999
GENERAL NOTICE
Notice 837 of 1999
ELECTORAL COMMISSION
DETERMINATION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF VOTING STATIONS
The Chief Electoral Of ricer hereby gives notice in terms of section 66(1) of the Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998) that the boundary of each voting station is determined in accordance to the following criteria:
Where a public or private building is used as a voting station and the grounds surrounding the building is fenced or walled in, the boundary of the voting station will be that fence or wall.
Where a building used as a voting station is a stand-alone structure, but the ground on which it stands is not fenced or walled in, the boundary will be the street or other erf boundaries of the grounds, provided that at no point should that boundary be further than three hundred metres from the building.
Where part of an office block or other building complex is used as a voting station the boundary of the voting station will be the walls surrounding that part of the building used as a voting station and the boundary of and area marked off by the Presiding Officer around the entrance to that part of the building used as a voting station, that will be sufficient to allow voters unhindered entry.
Where a temporary structure is used as a voting station, and the structure.is erected and fenced or walled in grounds, that fence or wall will be the boundary of the voting station provided that at no point should the boundary be more than three hundred metres from the structure.
Where a temporary structure is used as a voting station and the ground on which it is erected is not fenced or walled in, the boundary of that voting station will be the boundary determined by the Presiding Officer, provided that the boundary must at no point be less than twenty or more than three hundred metres from the structure.
In all other cases the boundary of the voting station will be the boundary as determined by the Presiding Officer before the opening of the voting station and after consultation with any party agents and members of the security services that may be present at the time, provided that the boundary must at no point be further than three hundred metres from the structure or vehicle used as a voting station.