IEC cautions those requesting home visits to be wary of fake officials
The IEC said home visits are open to people who are physically incapable of going to a voting station on election day.
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JOHANNESBURG - The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) warned those who requested home visits for their voting to be wary of opening their doors to people not registered with it.
Applications for special votes have been opened since 15 April, with the IEC having approved over 900,000 so far.
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These include home visits, which the IEC said were open to people who were physically incapable of going to a voting station on election day.
Chief Electoral Officer, Sy Mamabolo, detailed how IEC officials can be identified.
"Our officials will be in their official IEC T-shirt, they will be holding a canvass blue bag of the IEC onto which the ballots are going to be deposited until they reach the voting station, and they will be having IEC stationary, including the official list of approved voters who are going to be visited at their homes."
Applications for early voting close Friday at 5pm.
Sy Mamabolo, Chief Electoral Officer, outlined how people who have registered for early home visit voting can detect accredited IEC officials. TCG pic.twitter.com/wBj2ir1NwC
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