IEC releases list of voting stations

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has published the list of addresses of the 23 292 voting stations that will be used in the 2024 National and Provincial Elections.

The IEC chief electoral officer, Sy Mamabolo, said the route for mobile voting stations has also been published.

“The highest number of voting stations will be in KwaZulu-Natal (4 974), Eastern Cape (4 868) and Limpopo (3 216). All voting stations are now contracted, with lease agreements concluded with landlords or owners,” Mr Mamabolo said.

A list of the voting stations can be found on the Electoral Commission’s website at https://www.elections.org.za/pw/Documents/VotingStations_Final_20240412_National.pdf

Over 95% percent of logistical supplies for Election Day are already at hand. The IEC is in the process of distributing 1 873 tonnes of material between the different warehousing and storage facilities across the country, Mr Mamabolo said.

Applications for special votes, for home visits and voting station visits, opened on Monday April 15 and will close on FridayMay 3.

“Home visits are intended for those voters who are unable to travel to voting stations, whilst special votes at voting stations are for everyone unable to be at the voting station on Election Day. Special voting will be conducted on the two days preceding Election Day, on May 27 and 28,” said Mr Mamabolo.

Special votes may be accessed on the secured online application form found at www.elections.org.za or by SMSing your identity number to 32249 (R1.00 per SMS) for voting station visits only.

You can visit your local IEC office and submit an Appendix 1A form for a home visit special vote. Forms can also be hand-delivered, but someone else can deliver a form on behalf of a voter. Special votes will also be administered at South Africa’s diplomatic missions abroad to service 58 000 registered voters.

“These voters will be provided for at the diplomatic missions of the republic. The Electoral Commission invites South Africans, who are registered on the local segments of the voters’ roll but who may be temporarily absent from the country, to notify it of the intended absence and the mission where they intend to vote,” said Mr Mamabolo.

“Such notifications must be lodged with the Chief Electoral Officer by April 22. So far 9 100, such notifications have been approved. Special votes at the diplomatic missions will take place 10 days ahead of general voting in the country on May 17 or 18.”

Those travelling out of the country and between countries must note that the period to notify the Electoral Commission at which mission outside the country they will be voting closes on Monday April 22.