Millions of votes at risk
The Constitutional Court will today hear an urgent application by the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC), to clarify its earlier judgment on disputed by-elections in Tlokwe, North West province. The Tlokwe dispute involves about 4,000 addresses. A group of independent councillors took the IEC to court because the addresses could not be verified, casting doubt on the validity of the municipal by-elections held there.The IEC now argues that a February judgment by the Electoral Court misinterpreted the Constitutional Court ruling. It says that, if the judgment stands, 16 million people will be disenfranchised because the IEC would need to verify millions of addresses before local elections on August 3. IEC chief electoral officer Mosotho Moepya said it would take at least until November 2019 to comply with the electoral court order...
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