IEC reminds voters that applications for special votes close on FRIDAY

The Electoral Commission (IEC) has reminded voters that the deadline for applications for special votes in this year’s national and provincial elections is this Friday, 3 May 2024.

All applications for special votes, for the purposes of home visits and voting station visits, opened on 15 April 2024.

Home visits are intended for those voters who are unable to travel to voting stations, whilst special votes at voting stations are for everyone who is unable to be at the voting station on Election Day.

As reported by The South African website, this year’s elections will be held on Wednesday, 29 May.

The day has been declared a public holiday in Mzansi.

Special voting will be conducted on the two days preceding election day, on 27 and 28 May 2024, from 09:00 to 17:00.

Special votes are only available in 4 ways

Contrary to circulating social media messages regarding automatic availability of special votes for voters 60 years and older, there is no age-based access to a special vote at the voting station.

All special votes are only available on application through one of the four following mechanisms: 

• Using our secured online application form found at www.elections.org.za  
• By SMSing your identity number to 32249 (R1.00 per SMS) for voting station visit only.
• By visiting your local IEC office and submitting an Appendix 1B form for a voting station special vote.
• By visiting your local IEC office and submitting an Appendix 1A form for a home visit special vote. Forms can also be hand-delivered, and someone else can deliver a form on behalf of a voter.

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