Voters can expect a huge 'main' ballot paper as 56 political parties field 4 323 candidates for 400 seats in parliament.
Election 2024 is going to be a bigger circus than those of prior years. The list of candidates hoping to get elected to parliament – and to enjoy generous parliamentarian salaries and perks – runs to 58 pages.
To that end, it added, it would make the lists with the names of independent and political party candidates available for inspection – at its national office, each of its nine provincial offices and local offices in each municipality – on Tuesday and Wednesday between 9am and 5pm.Any person can object to the nomination of a candidate.
It says the final list of candidates contesting the elections will be published by Wednesday 10 April and the ballots will be sent to the printers.The IEC hit out at the leak of the lists of candidates of the ANC and the new uMkhonto weSizwe party ahead of time. “To this end, the Commission has directed an enquiry to establish the circumstances and identity of the source of the unauthorised disclosure. To the extent that the disclosed documents also contain personal information of data subjects, the Electoral Commission has reported the incident to the Information Regulator in compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act.”
The Referendum Party will contest the elections to fight for the right to hold a referendum in the Western Cape, asking residents if they want to split from the rest of SA.
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