The majority of voters polled by the Human Sciences Research Council believe the elections were free and fair.
“The HSRC finds that the voting public is overwhelmingly confident that the 2021 local government elections were both free and fair," said Roberts."As with previous national and provincial as well as municipal elections, voters provided an overwhelmingly positive evaluation of the management performance of the Electoral Commission and the conduct of officials at voting stations. These voter evaluations point firmly to the continued integrity of elections in the country.
Ninety percent of voters indicated that they trust or strongly trust the IEC in general , while only 7% were neutral, 2% were distrusting and 1% were uncertain. The council also made observations about the timing of decisions to vote. Sixty-two percent of voters said they decided to vote more than six months beforehand and a further fifth decided between one and six months beforehand. Only a small proportion decided on election day or during the month beforehand .
On the issue of political tolerance, the council found that 61% of voters expressed the view that political parties were very tolerant of one another during the 2021 election campaigns, with 26% reporting that parties were somewhat tolerant of each other. Seven percent perceived intolerance, while 6% were uncertain. 68% of voters took less than 15 minutes to reach their voting station, with 22% taking 16 to 30 minutes, 7% taking 31 to 60 minutes and 3% longer than an hour.
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