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Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000 (Act No. 27 of 2000)

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Municipal Electoral Regulations, 2000

Schedule A

Part VI : Voting and Counting

23B. Voting procedure for a voter whose address is not recorded on the voters' roll

 

(1) If a voter intends to vote in an election and the voter’s name appears on the segment of the voters’ roll for the relevant voting district, but the voter has no address recorded on the voters’ roll or the voter’s address appearing on the voter’s roll is incomplete or inadequate, the voter concerned shall be entitled to vote at that voting station provided that—

 

(a) the voter provides his or her address, or the details of his or her place of ordinary residence, to the presiding officer or voting officer; and

 

(b) the presiding officer or voting officer determines, in the presence of agents, that the voter’s address or place of ordinary residence as provided in terms of sub-regulation (1)(a) is located within the ward or municipality concerned or not.

 

[Regulation 23B inserted by section 8 of the Municipal Electoral Amendment Regulations, 2021, Proclamation No. R.35, GG45060, dated 27 August 2021 - shall come into operation on the date of publication hereof in the Gazette]