600 tons of ballot papers to be printed: IEC
This follows the National Freedom Party’s failed bid to contest the elections after it was disqualified for not paying its deposit on time.The party took the matter to the Electoral Court at the weekend‚ but its application was dismissed.IEC spokesperson Kate Bapela said once printed and packed the ballot papers will amount to about 600 tons.“The boxes vary in size to suit the ballots and the destinations‚” Bapela said.“The project plan dictates that approximately 74-million ballots will be printed. Not a single ballot has been printed yet‚ as the candidate admission process has been delayed by matters such as the NFP court challenge.”She said the ballot papers are printed by a number of companies at various locations in the country.Bapela could not give details of these companies.“These details are kept confidential during the project. The printing takes place 100% within South Africa.”The companies‚ she said are selected through a “full-scale” tender process “The tender was concluded in December 2015.“The tender‚ like all IEC tenders‚ was advertised in the press and specifically in the Government Tender Bulletin‚ and on the IEC Votaquotes website‚” said Bapela. TMG Digital..
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