This horde of youngsters were part of more than 1.7 million voters who registered over the weekend for the November polls .
The IEC has revealed that hundreds and thousands of first time voters have registered to the upcoming local government election.More than 400,000 young first-time voters registered during the voter registration weekend to take part in the 2021 local government elections on November 1.
“The well-entrenched pattern of there being more female participants continues, 52% of all new registrations were female voters,” Mamabolo said. Meanwhile, the Constitutional Court has dismissed the DA’s case in which the party sought to have the decision of the Electoral Commission to re-open the candidate nomination process declared invalid and unconstitutional.
The Electoral Commission had on September 6 decided to re-open the candidate nomination process, prompting the DA to apply for direct access to the apex court to challenge the decision.
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