IEC aims to register more South Africans for upcoming elections

Dennis TJanuary 23, 2024

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The Electoral Commission is aiming to ensure optimum numbers of eligible South Africans register to vote on the final voter registration weekend scheduled for 3 and 4 February. The last drive in November last year saw around a million new people register on the voters’ roll. The voters’ roll currently stands at just over 26 million, although 42.3 million South Africans are eligible to vote.

“In terms of our preparations they are going well, we think we will be able to give the country a registration weekend that is better than the one we did in November. All we want really is for those who qualify to participate to come in their numbers, ensure that they register in the right wards and be ready then to listen to parties and make decisions about who they want to vote for when election day is announced,” says Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo.

Mamabolo says a plan is in place to overcome the challenges experienced during November’s registration weekend. There are those voting stations that could not open because of protests and so on, we are working with the priority committee that works within the auspices of NATJOINTS to make sure that there is no repeat. We want people to spend less time within the registration stations and we think we are geared for that.

Source: SABC