The IEC, however, says it can only confirm four of these arrests.
It has been reported that 17 people have been arrested in Dannhauser and two more in Port Shepstone and Hluhluwe for attempting to vote twice. They did not succeed in doing so as they were apparently caught.However, the IEC has only confirmed four of these arrests. The Citizen asked an IEC official about the other 15 and the IEC said they didn’t yet have confirmation of these.
The IEC said at a media briefing on Thursday afternoon that it would be conducting an urgent audit of votes at a sample of locations in a bid to test whether or not double voting had been taking place, it said at a media briefing.
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