IEC records over 1-million registrations on second voter registration weekend
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) extended its gratitude to the thousands of South Africans who have registered to vote using the online platform and by visiting the IEC’s registration stations.
The IEC held its second voter registration weekend on February 3 and 4, which saw more than one-million people register to vote.
South Africa is set to hold its general election later this year.
At the close of registration on day one, more than half a million registrations were recorded at 23 303 voting stations.
At 13:00 on Sunday, a total of 564 715 registration transactions had been recorded at voting stations.
On Saturday, the Commission recorded 67 200 online registrations, while Sunday saw 34 293.
KwaZulu-Natal recorded 131 341 registrations; Gauteng 116 284; Eastern Cape 93 839; Limpopo 57 442; Mpumalanga 41 793; Western Cape Cape 38 425; North West 36 834; Free State 33 958; Northern Cape 13 696 and out of country recorded 1 013.
The commission noted that its online facility and local municipal offices will remain open for registration and verification of details until the date of the elections is proclaimed by the President.
The Commission reminded eligible voters that a person votes at a voting station where they are registered.
The only exception to the general rule is that a voter may vote outside of the voting district of registration upon notification to the Commission by a date to be regulated by the Election Timetable.
Last week, IEC chief electorate officer Sy Mamabolo lauded the commission’s achievement of a milestone of 27-million people on the voters' roll ahead of the second registration weekend.
The commission announced that it recorded just under 200 000 new registrations since the registration weekend in November last year - overall registration activities in that period stood at 298 000.
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