Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA has given the Electoral Commission until 10am on Monday to add the party’s name to ballot papers for the upcoming local government elections or face legal action.
However, ActionSA said there was a blank space where the party’s abbreviated name should be on the ballot papers.
“In the IEC’s drafted ballot paper, only our logo features. The party’s name does not appear and an empty space has been left in its place. The implication of this is that ActionSA supporters will be limited only to a candidate name and a logo to identify the party on the ballot, while other parties will have the benefit of their name or popularised acronym appearing.
According to Mashaba, the IEC said it relies entirely on the registration documentation for this information and the ballot paper sign-off was not intended to deal with such issues. “It is redundant to hold a session to sign-off on ballot papers and then refuse to address the material objections arising from that process.
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