Though pained by their decision to boycott elections, determined residents of the strife-torn area of Vuwani in Limpopo have no regrets. At least four of the district's 56 voting stations recorded a zero voter turnout on Wednesday, said the IECMashudu Mulaudzi, 40, said she longed to vote, but the incorporation of the area into a newly established municipality was reason enough for her to forfeit her right to vote."It is a painful decision, but it is more painful when decisions are taken without consultation."There is no point participating in a process to elect people to govern when the same people we elect then turn around and treat us like objects that can be moved," she said. Mpho Mathoma, ANC ward 14 councillor candidate in Vuwani, said the boycotters hoped the election's results would be scrapped because of the low turnout.Mathoma said the protesters were incorrect if they thought that if 1000 people were registered in a voting station and fewer than 300 people voted, then elections in that station would be nullified. Follow all the #LGE2016 news and results LIVE in one place on your phone https://t.co/QimvYr2pW1#ElectionDaypic.twitter.com/JJRHt9pdiL— Times LIVE (@TimesLIVE) August 3, 2016ss "What they were not aware of is that the threshold requirement does not apply in constituency elections," he said.Limpopo electoral officer Nkaro Mateta said voting stations that had no voters were combined with other voting stations where votes were cast to tally the results of each ward. "If, for an example, there are four voting stations in each ward and two of those stations did not have any voting and there was participation in the other two, then these are combined to provide the results of that ward."Nullification is out of the question," she said.Of the votes cast in the new Malamulele municipality, under which Vuwani now falls, 84.67% of the votes went to the ANC.The EFF got 8.87%.A strong police presence remained in full force in the area yesterday...