2019 ELECTIONS: ANALYSIS: Throwing a spanner into SA’s electoral wheels, and the interests behind it By Stephen Grootes StephenGrootes
Hans-Jurie Moolman may not be well-known to many in political circles. He is a former councillor for the DA in Tlokwe . But he gained unparalleled experienced in the legal questions around elections and the IEChe led involving the dispute about the registration of voters’ addresses. This issue came to the fore when a group of ANC councillors rebelled against their party, and then contested elections as independents.
For any challenge to these results to be successful it is likely that someone will have to prove that any problems would have had a “material impact” on the result of the poll. In other words, a few votes here and there may not matter legally speaking, but if it actually had a significant impact on the result, then a court could make certain orders.By 9:30 on Saturday morning, the IEC had counted 99.88% of the vote. The total number of votes stood at 17,392,392.
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