With 24 days to go before the national and provincial elections, community members have been urged to familarise themselves with the do’s and dont’s of the election processes.
The 2024 elections will also see voters having three ballot papers for the first time in the history of elections. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has in the past few months reached out to as many voters as possible to teach them what all the ballots contain.
What you need to know
Here is what the three ballots are for:
National Compensatory ballot
This ballot is the same across the entire country. It features political parties only contesting for National Assembly. Each Party will have its own political party name, face of the party leader, the party logo, abbreviation of the party, the party logo, and the box to make your X mark.
This ballot will be single or double column depending on the number of political parties are contesting. A hole for the Universal Ballot Template for the blind and partially sighted.
One ballot, one X mark.
National Regional Ballot
This ballot is specific to the voting region and includes candidates running for the National Assembly who represent the area of the voter. The ballot will have both parties and independent candidates listed on it.
Each party will have its political party name, face of the party leader, abbreviation of the party, the party logo and for independent candidate, name of the independent, face of the independent and the word independent. A hole for the Universal Ballot Template for the blind and partially sighted.
One ballot, one X mark.
Provincial Legislature ballot
The ballot is unique to your province and includes parties and independent candidates competing for seats in the provincial legislature. For political parties, political party name, face of the political party, the party logo.
For independent candidates, name of independent, face of the independent and the word independent. A hole for the Universal Ballot Template for the blind and partially sighted.
One ballot, one X mark.
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