SABC.png IEC welcomes announcement of election date ANA, SABC, Johannesburg, 6 April 2016 The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) on Wednesday welcomed the announcement by President Jacob Zuma that the 2016 municipal elections will be held on Wednesday August 3. In a statement, the IEC said: "The date falls within the Constitutionally-mandated window to host municipal elections between 18 May and 16 August this year." The Electoral Commission said the announcement of the date for the municipal elections "created certainty and clarity and allows detailed planning by all stakeholders including the Electoral Commission, political parties, government departments, voters, the media, observers and others". The IEC said the announcement was especially welcome ahead of this weekend's final registration opportunity at voting stations as voters could now plan where they may be on August 3. "This was particularly important for students, migrant workers and others who may commute between two places of residence." Not the official proclamation: Voters can still register "The announcement of the election date is not the official proclamation of the municipal elections," the body said. "This is scheduled to occur later and triggers the election timetable and a range of legislated events - including the official closure of the voters' roll for the elections." "This means eligible voters can still register and update their registration and address details this weekend at their voting stations and at the Electoral Commission's local offices until the official proclamation." Earlier on Wednesday, the presidency said: "President Jacob Zuma is pleased to announce the date for the next local government elections today. The elections will take place on 03 August 2016." The statement added that Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Des van Rooyen, would follow the necessary legal procedure to proclaim the date and undertake any other requirements. "We urge all those who are eligible to vote register to vote and those who have not checked their names to do so on Saturday and Sunday this weekend so that together we continue to re-affirm and deepen our democracy," said Zuma. From: http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/4998e1004c4e145e94a0bf66ac5e10bb/IEC-welcomes-a nnouncement-of-election-date-20160406 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
