Despite the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) having captured all the national results, it has received nearly 580 objections from opposition parties.
Addressing the media last night, IEC Chairperson Mosotho Moepya says the number of objections could increase slightly as the commission is still in the process of noting all the objections. Of the complaints received, Moepya says the commission has noted six general themes.
“Instances were result processes were still not completed when the objections were filed with us. Secondly, allegations by a third party saying a specific person told me that they voted for me or for my party but in that voting station we cannot see that result. Thirdly, there are allegations under oath by a voter that his or her vote(s) did not reflect in a particular station and where such a voter has in fact provided a basis for the Commission to assess his or her claim. Fourth, there are people asking about seat allocation and saying what are the kind of things you will consider when you do seat allocations. Fifth, there are people raising matters connected to the conduct of these elections. And the last theme those persons raising issues impacting on either the conduct or training of electoral officials,” says Moepya.
Moepya adds that there are 10 window edits that have been authorised which are opportunities to be able to align slips with captured results and that the IEC has dealt with them.
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