The EFF leader said an IEC official was waiting with a pair of scissors to remove artificial nails in order to put a mark on voters' nails as per the rules. Elections2019 SAElections2019 MzansiVotes
Polokwane - Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema on Wednesday slammed the Electoral Commission of South Africa official at his voting station for wanting to remove his wife's artificial nails before she could cast her vote.
"There was some official who said to my wife that she must take out her nail so that they can put a mark [on her thumb]. And I found that bizarre because where is that written in the rules that women who have long nails can't vote?" Malema said. Malema said that it should never be costly for people to vote because applying artificial nails costs money, and the IEC would not refund voters after removing their artificial nails.
"The next thing they are going to say that women must take out weaves because they want to see if it is them on their IDs. Such nonsensical things, it starts small like that and before you know it, it is something like that is institutionalised. It must be challenged even now," Malema said.
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