IEC declares readiness for Wednesday's general elections, nearly 1 million special votes already cast
Over the last two days, voters who applied for a special vote, cast their ballots.Nearly one million South Africans have cast their ballots during the first two days of special voting.
Electoral Commission of South Africa CEO Sy Mamabolo told a media briefing on Tuesday evening two people were arrested, and another person was still at large. "Similarly, we are pleased by the diligence of the electoral staff who visited voters at homes and places of confinement to administer home visits. These categories of voters would otherwise have not been able to record their political choice," he added.Mamabolo said one of the biggest challenges the IEC had faced was taking an incident for one locality and making it a national issue without context.
"The commission wants to be resolute to protect the integrity of this election because South Africans have entrusted their right to vote on the IEC," he added. "Accordingly, we urge all South Africans, including political party members, supporters, and ordinary citizens to allow electoral officials to carry out their responsibilities.
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