When:
Saturday, 10 March 2018 8:00 AM
-
5:00 PM
The Electoral Commission urges all South Africa’s eligible
voters to visit their voting stations over the weekend of 10 and 11 March 2018
as part of a national campaign to update the voters’ roll in preparation for the
2019 elections.
All 22 612 voting stations around the country will open
for the public between 08h00 and 17h00 over the weekend to:
assist
new voters to register; allow
already registered voters who have moved since they registered to re-register
in their correct voting district; and allow
registered voters whose address details are not on the voters’ roll to provide
this information.
The Electoral Commission has made an early start to
the preparations of the 2019 elections. These elections are expected between
May and August 2019.
Critically, this registration weekend is a
milestone towards the culmination of a two-year project to obtain addresses for
all registered voters.
It is an opportunity to ensure that voters are
registered in the correct voting district segments.
South Africans might recall
the ruling of the Constitutional Court in 2016 which gave the Electoral
Commission until June 2018 to update the voters’ roll with all available
addresses.
The contact centre (0800 11 8000) has been activated
Monday to Friday during office hours to assist voters to find their correct
voting station and to answer any queries.
Registered voters can also SMS their ID number to
32810 to receive an SMS containing the address of their current voting station (charged
at R1).
Visit www.elections.org.za for further information.