The Electoral Commission will receive a list of 1020 voting stations from the Statistician-General which will form the sample for an independent technical assurance process that looks at the s24A voting. This list will be made available to political parties.
The Electoral Commission would like to express its gratitude to the Statistician-General for the assistance which it has agreed rapidly and without hesitation to provide.
The Electoral Commission further welcomes the findings of a number of international and domestic observer missions that have endorsed the elections as free and fair and broadly reflective of the will of the people.
The Electoral Commission would like to thank the South African Police Services for the rapid way in which they have acted against voters alleged to have voted twice or attempted to vote more than once. To date 22 persons have been arrested.
The Electoral Commission would also like to thank the political parties for the cooperative way they have worked with the Electoral Commission during these elections.
The Commission is disappointed by the conduct of some parties which have breached the Code of Conduct and disrupted the orderly operations within the National Results Centre.
The Commission has written to the leaders of all the political parties expressing concern about this.
For media queries please contact:
Kate Bapela
Cell: 082 600-6386
For media interviews with Electoral Commission officials please email requests to spokesperson@elections.org.za
