IEC welcomes the proclamation of the 2016 municipal elections
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs David van Rooyen’s proclamation of the 2016 municipal elections has been welcomed by the IEC.
The Electoral Commission SA (IEC) has welcomed the proclamation of the 2016 municipal elections by Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs David van Rooyen.
The proclamation triggers the opening of candidate nominations for the elections and the official election timetable that spans the next 72 days and lays down the key dates and deadlines for various milestones until election day on 3 August.
The first action of the proclamation is to close the voters’ roll.
“This means no new applicants may be admitted to the voters’ roll, including additional registrations or re-registrations,” said the IEC in a press release.
The certification of the voters’ roll for the 2016 municipal elections will take place on 31 May.
The IEC has also launched an online candidate nomination system through which candidate nominations can be submitted electronically for the 2016 municipal elections.
The system, a first for Africa, is designed to speed up and simplify the process of submitting candidate nomination lists by allowing parties to upload information and submit it electronically via the internet.
The IEC said political parties had until 17:00 on Thursday 2 June, to submit their nominees for ward-, proportional representation and district council candidates.
Independent candidates have also been given the same deadline.
A link to the submission page is available on the homepage of the IEC’s website at www.elections.org.za under ‘2016 Municipal Elections’.
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