The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has reported shockingly low turnout figures in the 2024 South African general election.
The Electoral Commission of South Africa has reported shockingly low turnout figures in the 2024 South African general election. Image: Michele Spatari / AFPThe Electoral Commission of South Africa has reported shockingly low turnout figures in the 2024 South African general election. Image: Michele Spatari / AFPWhile voters queued for hours upon hours to cast their vote on Wednesday, 29 May, the thinking was that the lengthy wait was due to the high numbers of voters.
Those ‘bigger stations’ will no doubt reflect a similar pattern and not greatly impact the overall projected figure.HOW WAS YOUR VOTING DAY EXPERIENCE?an incident where one ballot box, containing votes that had already been counted, went missing in transit from the voting station Matamzana Dube School in VD 43412767, KZN282, uMhlathuze.
“The commission is required to retain ballot boxes for a period of six months before disposing of them. We are quite eager to get back that ballot box so that it can be placed in storage,” IEC General ManagerThe ballot box got lost while it was being transported in an open vehicle and it was discovered when they got to the destination that it was missing.
On Thursday evening, the commission held a briefing at the National Results Operation Centre in Midrand, Gauteng, where it detailed the latest developments in the capturing and verification process following the general election held on Wednesday, 29 May.Abrahams explained that the reason the new developments were not appearing immediately on the leaderboard at the ROC is that the commission was still verifying them to ensure accuracy.
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