Voters are to vote where they are registered. We need to remind voters of the general rule in elections. That is, a person votes at a voting station where they are registered. The only exception to the general rule is that a voter may vote outside of the voting district of registration only if they have first notified the Commission by the 17th of May 2024.The need for this prior notification is new and comes about as a result of the changes to the law.
If you vote at the voting station where you are registered, you will receive three ballots and not just two as in the past elections.
Ballot 1:
National Ballot to vote for a political party to represent you in the National Assembly.
Ballot 2:
Regional Ballot is a new ballot to vote for political parties or independent candidates contesting in that region (province) for elections to the National Assembly.
Ballot 3:
Provincial Ballot to vote for political parties or independent candidates contesting elections of the provincial legislature in that province.
For the first time in South Africa, people who are not associated with political parties may stand as independent candidates to contest National and Provincial Elections, due to the 2023 Electoral Amendment Act.
South Africans citizens aged 18 years and older.
An SA ID card, ID book or valid temporary ID.
There are a few very important reasons why you should vote:
Democracy and democratic political rights were hard earned rights all over the world, but in South Africa it was the liberty struggles that achieved equality for all.