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South Africa prepares local elections as special voting applications rise

South Africa’s Electoral Commission said in its October 14 readiness update that more than 2.65 million special-vote applications had been approved ahead of…

Archive image: A South African ballot paper from the 2009 election. It does not depict the current event.
Archive image: A South African ballot paper from the 2009 election. It does not depict the current event.

South Africa’s Electoral Commission said in its October 14 readiness update that more than 2.65 million special-vote applications had been approved ahead of local elections scheduled for November 4.

Special voting is set for November 2 and 3. Ballot printing, venue preparation and staff training are progressing. These are operational preparations for the election, not voting results or a forecast of the winners.

Archive image: A South African ballot paper from the 2009 election. It does not depict the current event.

Source: www.gov.za.

Photo credit: Warren Rohner from Cape Town, South Africa.

Image on Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP.

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