Special votes to be sorted out by IEC
IEC makes sure that the whole of South Africa is able to vote.
The next round of special votes takes place today and Tomorrow when special votes are cast at voting stations between 9am and 5pm and through home visits.
Election officials will on Monday and Tuesday visit 295 731 voters at their homes, retirement centres, hospitals and health care facilities and other places of residence throughout the country to allow them to cast their ballots in the national election.
Of these 292 510 will also cast a provincial ballot.
In addition, 90 698 voters also successfully applied to cast a special ballot on Monday or Tuesday at the voting station where they are registered.
This brings to 386 429 the total number of voters who have been approved to cast a special vote.
| Province |
Approved Home Visits
|
Approved Voting Station Visits
|
Total special votes
|
| Eastern Cape | 52 868 | 3 982 | 56 850 |
| Free State | 23 970 | 9 841 | 33 811 |
| Gauteng | 36 665 | 21 043 | 57 708 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 49 608 | 14 925 | 64 533 |
| Limpopo | 28 410 | 1 834 | 30 244 |
| Mpumalanga | 32 299 | 18 634 | 50 933 |
| North West | 24 515 | 6 234 | 30 749 |
| Northern Cape | 22 641 | 5 241 | 27 882 |
| Western Cape | 24 755 | 8 964 | 33 719 |
| Total | 295 731 | 90 698 | 386 429 |
