IEC publishes candidate list for inspection and objections

Johnathan Paoli

THE Electoral Commission (IEC) has announced its intention to make the lists with the names of independent and political party candidates available for inspection at its national office, at all its nine provincial and at local municipal offices over the next two days.

The commission released a statement on Tuesday and said that parties intending to contest the elections had until 17:00 on Monday to revise their lists and inform the commission if they had nominated candidates who also appeared on the list of another party or who were nominated as independent candidates.

The statement confirmed that there were 42 candidates appearing on more than one party list implicating 39 parties and that one candidate was nominated as an independent candidate and also appeared on a list of a party.

“The focus in the evolving candidate nomination process shifts to a period within which interested persons may inspect