ROC slows down while voters turn up in thousands
By Cindy Witten
22 April 2009
While thousands of Capetonians took to the polls today, operations were slow at the Independent Electoral Commission ( IEC) Results Operation Centre (ROC)held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) this afternoon.
Few political parties were present at the ROC and most media houses were on a bus tour to various voting stations across the Cape.
22 April 2009
While thousands of Capetonians took to the polls today, operations were slow at the Independent Electoral Commission ( IEC) Results Operation Centre (ROC)held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) this afternoon.
Few political parties were present at the ROC and most media houses were on a bus tour to various voting stations across the Cape.
Making their mark: Voters at a polling station in Cape TownBy 13h40, the number of voters who had cast their ballots in the City of Cape Town stood at 195,312. That figure represents 11,36% of the 1,719,878 registered voters in the same district.
The number is expected to increase dramatically over the next few hours, while voting stations are to speed up operations.
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