Rustenburg - Voters in the Tlokwe/Ventersdorp municipality in North West will have a final opportunity to provide their address details ahead of the local government elections, the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) said on Wednesday.
“All 113 voting stations in Tlokwe/Ventersdorp will be open this Saturday 25 June and Sunday 26 June from 8am to 5pm – but only for voters already registered in the municipality’s 34 wards to provide missing address details or to correct their address details on the voters’ roll,” the IEC said in a statement.
“No registrations of new voters will be allowed as the voters’ roll for the elections has been closed.”
The decision follows a ruling by the Constitutional Court that the 2016 municipal elections may proceed on August 3 using the current certified voters roll, with the exception of Tlokwe.
With regards to Tlokwe, the Constitutional Court ruled that the IEC “ought not to escape the obligations imposed on it” by the Constitutional Court in the November 2015 Kham judgment and the subsequent ruling by the Electoral Court.
“The Electoral Commission has therefore taken the decision to isolate the voters’ roll for Tlokwe/Ventersdorp (NW405) and to allow only these voters already on this voters roll a final window to provide their missing address details.”
The IEC said it would undertake a series of communication and engagement initiatives including sending text messages to those voters without addresses for whom they were able to find contact details.
“Field workers will also be deployed from today to visit those voters for whom we are able to find an address to confirm its accuracy. They will also distribute pamphlets. Radio and newspaper notices in the wider Tlokwe/Ventersdorp area will also be used over the next few days.”
African News Agency