The Electoral Commission of South Africa told MPs on Tuesday that the 2021 local government elections will go ahead as planned despite fears of the Covid-19 pandemic, lesterkk reports.
The Electoral Commission of South Africa told MPs on Tuesday that the 2021 local government elections will go ahead as planned despite fears of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Two election registration weekends will be set aside to prepare the voters’ roll. But Glen Mashinini, the chairperson of the IEC, warned that further budget cuts could result in the commission settling for one registration weekend. The IEC said it would like to pilot an e-voting project. If successful, it would limit the need for face-to-face contact with voters and would lower the costs of holding elections. But it said the project was still in the pipeline and that money was yet to be set aside for it.
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