After an election day that featured more question marks around the integrity of the elections than was expected, the commission is looking to beef up its legal team.
The Electoral Commission of South Africa has beefed up its legal team in anticipation of likely challenges to the integrity of the 2019 elections, due to numerous incidents, resulting from staff blunders in handling voting material and widespread community protests.
It was unclear which incidents the commission was concerned about that needed the attention of its lawyers. He said concerned party supporters phoned and sent a photograph of the box, which The Citizen had seen.The IEC confirmed 17 voting stations were not opened in the morning due to lack of access. Mamabolo said besides the glitches encountered, almost all the stations opened on time. But some struggled to start due to IEC officials who arrived late for duty and voting material that was delivered late.
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