South Africa’s electoral commission to print 27 million ballots
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on TimesLIVE
South Africa’s Electoral Commission must print about 27 million ballot papers by Friday 30 October after 32 parties excluded from the municipal elections were reinstated. Its director-general Sy Mamabolo said the Constitutional Court decision complicated logistics just days before the 4 November vote, according to TimesLIVE.
The South African Electoral Commission (IEC) plans to print about 27 million ballot papers by Friday 30 October, after a Constitutional Court ruling complicated preparations for the 4 November municipal elections, TimesLIVE reports. IEC director-general Sy Mamabolo said printing, initially scheduled for 18 October, had been delayed to include 32 parties readmitted to the election.
