Over 2,9 million voters turnout for registration throughout South Africa over the weekend – IEC

Phuti Mosomane and Johnathan Paoli

THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)’s Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo says the IEC has interacted with 2.9 million voters during the two-day registration weekend which took place from 18 to 19 November 2023.

In a media briefing on Monday, Mamabolo said the majority of voters, 2.7 million, visited voting stations to register, as well as update their details. A total of 196 511 voters used the online portal to do the same.

He said the innovations and efficiencies introduced by the Voter Management Device (VMD) have increased the speed at which voter registration applications are processed.

With the VMD, particulars of voters who attended to voting stations over the weekend have now been processed and address details captured onto the voter’s roll.

“Before the introduction of the VMD, it would have taken months to capture address details of voters following a registration event. The VMD