Johnathan Paoli
THE Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) in the Western Cape has encouraged prisoners to register to vote, in line with the landmark 1999 Constitutional Court ruling, namely the August and Another v Electoral Commission and Others.
The Commission said that the Voter Registration Weekend in South Africa was expected to take place on 3 and 4 February this year.
The provincial electoral head Michael Hendrickse, confirmed that the commission had been on a voter education drive at correctional centres across the province in order to inform inmates of their democratic right to vote.
Registration officers are expected to visit prisons managed by Correctional Services, where inmates can register to vote in the municipality where they resided before incarceration.
Hendrickse said that the commission was also encouraging families of prisoners to ensure they had their identity documents to allow them to meet registration requirements.
“When we register a
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