The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has welcomed the signing into law of the Electoral Amendment Bill by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The commission’s chairperson, Mosotho Moepya, provided the necessary legal certainty required to prepare for the 2024 national and provincial elections.
COURTEASY: IECThe Commission has now approved an integrated chart of
electoral milestones which contains all activities and timelines that underpin
preparations for 2024 National and Provincial Elections.
Registered political parties that do not have seats in any
legislature or the National Assembly will have to meet the same 15 percent
quota requirement and also pay a deposit.
The Commission reiterates that with the assent of the Bill
certainty has now been created in the planning framework for the 2024 National
and Provincial Elections.
"Our time is short and we cannot afford any delay. All
electoral stakeholders are asked to start their preparations in order to avoid
missing immutable electoral timelines,’’ the Commission said.
The IEC said it will hold registration drives of
approximately 24 000 voting stations over the weekend of 18 and 19 November
2023 to register new voters and to enable already registered voters to inspect
and where necessary update their registration details. These drives result in
updating of the voters’ roll.
Done by Sibulele Stuurman
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