The IEC manage to resolve glitches that were experienced at various voting stations.
The Electoral Commission says although a number of voting stations opened late due to late delivery of voting materials, delayed escorts by security services and community protests, voting got off to a steady start.
“The second problem is that voters who pitched at the voting stations without having registered there. It looks like many voters are not aware that the legal dispensation that allowed them to vote anywhere in the country without notice has been repelled and unfortunately, we had to turn them away because they came to the stations where they are not registered,” Liba explains.Frustration ran high at one of the polling stations in Schonkenville, Parys, due to delays.
IEC DCEO Masego Shiburi says, “20 stations in eThekwini opened beyond 9 am due to protests…presiding officers and area managers are responsible for the roll-out of logistics to voting stations where there are enough teams it is easier to do that to escort those people this morning, an assessment was made that there would not be enough teams to escort all those teams of presiding officers at a go to voting stations.
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