IEC: You can vote at any voting station

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This is awesome news for me, I don't need to drive that 150 KM round trip to vote tomorrow :p
 
blunomore said:
AFAIK, for national votes, you can vote anywhere. For provincial votes, you need to be at the polling station where you registered.
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Nope, just inside the province you registered. This if from a news article in the paper today. So if you are registered in Gauteng but vote in the Cape that means you only get a national vote and not the provincial vote. Or something like that. I might be reading it wrong.
 
Pitbull said:
Nope, just inside the province you registered. This if from a news article in the paper today. So if you are registered in Gauteng but vote in the Cape that means you only get a national vote and not the provincial vote. Or something like that. I might be reading it wrong.
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Nope. You are reading right.
I am so glad it worked out like his. Saves me a lot of traveling and I can vote at the quiet little station in Erasmuskloof.
 
Pitbull said:
Nope, just inside the province you registered. This if from a news article in the paper today. So if you are registered in Gauteng but vote in the Cape that means you only get a national vote and not the provincial vote. Or something like that. I might be reading it wrong.
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Yep, you are reading it right. I was registered in DBN in 1999. I voted in Gauteng in 2004 but only for national govt. Even for this election, I won't have time to drive to DBN to cast a provincial vote:D
 
Mine's a coupla hundred metres down the road. Plan on getting there early, vote, then head back home and hit the sack for some well deserved r&r :)
 
Can we get a source for this, cause I wouldnt mind voting closer to me.
 
Sly21C said:
What's the procedure when voting at a polling station? What happens?
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You go through the turnstiles where an IEC policeman interrogates you for about 10 minutes, maybe longer if he suspects something wrong about you. Then they cut a small
2cm wound on your finger and you press that onto a piece of paper to cast your vote.
 
the voting station is about 2km's away from our house... At a primary school apparently.
 
Can anyone verify the source of the anywhere voting? Read it somewhere this morning but can't find it again. Don't want to pitch up just for them to tell me I can't vote there.
 
MY ID book landed in the laundry earlier this week, the bar code is still there but all messed up. Does anyone know if it will still work?:S
 
From : http://196.41.26.120/smf/index.php?action=printpage;topic=296.0
(Yes, this is a useless flipping link, something to do with COPE)

5. The voters roll officer will then find your name on the voters roll, and then draw a line through it so you can't vote a second time.
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Could it be that the procedure remains unchanged from last time, in that your name is crossed off of the list.

That list is printed out based on the registration details?

:eek:

I am hunting for more clues.
 
davemc said:
From : http://196.41.26.120/smf/index.php?action=printpage;topic=296.0
(Yes, this is a useless flipping link, something to do with COPE)

Could it be that the procedure remains unchanged from last time, in that your name is crossed off of the list.

That list is printed out based on the registration details?

:eek:

I am hunting for more clues.
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I believe everything is done electronically this year.
If you are allowed to vote anywhere this means each station would have to print out the full voter's roll. :eek:
So I doubt they will be crossing off names on a list.
 
Here is probably the most proper rundown:

If you are not near the voting station where you registered, you can still vote at any of the 19 700 polling stations across the country. You will be required to complete a section 24A form. If you are out of the province where you are registered, you will only be able to vote in the national elections.
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Source = http://www.news24.com/News24/Elections/News/0,,2-2478-2479_2504847,00.html

So, if you go to a different station from where you registered, be prepared for admin and the probability that there may not be enough section 24A forms available.
 
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