Independent electoral commission of south africa
IEC more than prepared for Wednesday’s by-elections
South Africa will see over 400 candidates battle it out in 95 by-elections in 55 municipalities across all nine provinces.
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IEC told to lower political funding declaration to R50k
For two days, the Independent Electoral Commission will hold hearings on draft regulations for the Political Party Funding Act which was signed into law earlier this year.
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IEC: SG Maluleke’s report reveals ‘negligible risks’ from double voting
It said the validation exercise was conducted independently by Statistics South Africa based on voting station result data from 1,020 voting stations.
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Meet the political parties occupying the bottom pile of IEC results board
Not all of them were new to election contestation but collectively, they could not secure more than 40,000 votes.
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Big 3 parties react to IEC’s audit on vote rigging claims
The governing African National Congress said it was impressed by the way the IEC handled the challenges it had faced.
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IEC will announce voting results when it is '100% confident of their integrity'
The commission announced on Thursday that it had established an audit to probe the extent of voter fraud after political parties complained that the ink used on voters’ thumbs was easy to remove.
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Vote counting continues, ANC leads the pack with almost 57% of votes
The IEC said by 10pm there should be a clear picture of which parties had done well in the national and provincial elections.
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IEC has agreed to probe claims of elections cheating - DA
The commission met with angry party leaders on Thursday morning following allegations of voter fraud.
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Tech glitches, IEC staff not pitching for work at some voting stations
These issues, among others, were reported by observers monitoring the elections in Cape Town.
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KZN special votes continue amid protests in some areas
Among these areas is Umlazi township where residents were protesting on Mangosuthu Highway and barricaded roads.
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IEC probing discovery of ballot boxes on Tzaneen streets: report
IEC chairperson Glen Mashinini was reportedly unable to confirm if the ballot boxes belonged to the commission but the IEC has launched an investigation into the matter.
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Here are the provinces with the highest number of registered voters
According to the IEC, 26.5 million voters are eligible to cast their votes at the polls on 8 May.
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IEC hoping for 80% turnout in May elections
The 2.4 million registered voters, more than a quarter of whom will be casting their ballot for the first time, will have not fewer than 299 parties to choose from.
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Political parties to criss-cross SA in bid to register first-time voters
The youth have been the main target of political parties whose leaders will be crisscrossing the country in a bid to register first-time voters.
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IEC in WC says all systems go for final voter registration weekend
The IEC is encouraging young people who have not yet registered to do so this weekend and those who have registered before, to change their address online.
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IEC to probe ABM party over call for foreign nationals to leave SA
The new political party, which is registered with the commission, says it has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa asking that he get rid of foreigners.
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OPINION: ANC’s attack on IEC is an attack on SA democracy
Stephen Grootes says we shouldn’t be surprised when the ANC attacks other institutions of our democracy.
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Mashinini urges South Africans to give him a chance
Vuma Mashinini believes he is the right man for the job as IEC chair, & will prove this.
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OPINION: A vote for independence
Judith February looks at the thorny issue of independence and the position of IEC chair.
