IEC orders Northern Cape voting district revote

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The Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) has ordered that the Bongani Gemeenskapsaal voting district in the Northern Cape’s Siyancuma local municipality undergo a revote.

The commission said this happens where ballot papers have been lost, destroyed or unlawfully removed before counting is completed.

The counting centre was stormed, with the destruction of over 100 ballot papers that were cast but not yet counted.

“The revote is intended to give the affected community a fair and equal opportunity to exercise their democratic right to vote. The revote is open to all registered voters on the voters’ roll for ward 3 of the voting district,” the IEC said.

The IEC urges community members to co-operate with the commission’s municipal outreach officers, who are scheduled to engage the residents ahead of the revote.

Their new election date will be on November 18.

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