By Lelethu Mquqo
17 May 2011
Thousands of people have begun making their mark in this year’s local government elections by casting their special votes.
The Independent Electoral Commission says about 239 000 people made arrangements to cast a special vote yesterday and today.
In order to qualify they had to be disabled or unable to make it to their voting station on Wednesday.
Former President Nelson Mandela cast his vote in absolute privacy at his Johannesburg home yesterday afternoon.
Meanwhile, the IEC has urged South Africans to thoroughly check their ballot papers before casting their votes.
Courtney Sampson, the chief electoral officer in the Western Cape, says a ballot paper without an official IEC stamp on the reverse side will be counted as a spoilt vote.
He says this has always been one of the security measures used to prevent vote rigging.
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