Voters having a hard time finding ActionSA on their ballots
Political party ActionSA said it had received reports from voters saying they struggled to locate the party on ward ballots at some voting stations, due to the party’s name being absent from ballots.
ActionSA is contesting elections at Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, eThekwini, Newcastle, and KwaDukuza metros.
“We encourage each of our voters to report wards with ballot papers that do not feature ActionSA where we are contesting,’ said Action SA National Chairperson Michael Beaumont.
“Where problems exist on the ballot, we will work with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to make sure voters’ concerns are addressed,” said Beaumont.
Whyyy ingekho i Action SA lah? pic.twitter.com/gRdq7mEt36
— suckmytitties😍 (@Qaqambha) November 1, 2021
Pre-election drama
Before elections, ActionSA took legal action against the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) after the party’s name was left out from the ballot list ahead of the upcoming local government elections.
The omission was supposedly the result of the party’s failure to submit an abbreviation to the IEC for inclusion on the ballots.
Before taking the matter to court, the party had given the commission a chance to correct the ballot list.
But, the IEC said it was unlikely it would add the names of political parties that were omitted from the ballot paper.
The IEC presented final draft ballot papers for wards in Gauteng in mid-October, but the ballot only contained ActionSA’s logo and not the name.
The party’s application was dismissed by the Electoral Court, meaning its supporters would only be able to identify the party by its logo.
Beaumont said Action SA ramped up its campaign by putting digital ads on social media to ensure voters could identify the party on the ballot.
The party’s volunteers also carried dummy ballot papers to certain voting stations to assist supporters in locating the party.
“We equally encourage our voters to report any incident where they are prevented from receiving assistance in identifying our logo on ward ballot papers,” said Beaumont.
Just heard that at Ward39 St. Augustine’s VD Soweto, the Councillor candidate ballot has been photocopied in black/white and the voters find it difficult to identify the ActionSA Logo as it is not GREEN&WHITE colours.
— @ThabisileMchunu (@ThabisileMchun3) November 1, 2021
-The Citizen
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