Election countdown starts
2006-01-19
NOMINATION of candidates for the municipal elections on Wednesday 1 March close today, and the election seasons kicks off with a DA rally at the Boland Park cricketgrounds on Saturday at 11:00.
Candidates who are nominated and pay their deposits of R2000 each will be scrutinised by the IEC, and the final list will be made public on 30 January.
The election timetable outlines and gives time frames for the following processes:
* Certification of the National Common Voters’ Roll to be used for the municipal elections and are available for inspection;
* Notification by political parties and independent candidates by 19 January informing the IEC of their intention to participate in the municipal elections;
* Nomination of ward and party candidates and payment of deposits by 19 January;
* Compilation by the IEC of a list of the parties contesting the elections and the certification of those lists by 30 January;
* Notification by the IEC that copies of a list of voting stations and their addresses are available at the local IEC office by 8 February;
* Notification by the IEC of the routes for mobile voting stations including locations and estimated times of stopping by 8 February;
* Issuing of certificates by the IEC to persons whose names appear on a party list and to each ward candidate by 13 February.
All registered voters, whose names appear on the certified National Common Voters’ Roll, will be able to vote for the candidate or party of their choice at the voting station where they have registered when voting takes place for the municipal elections on Wednesday, 1 March.
At present parties are registered with the Electoral Commission as political parties. The fee to register is R500. Parties who want to contest the municipal elections must be registered by today since that is the cut-off date in the election timetable for the nomination of candidates.
Parties and independent candidates have to pay a deposit of R2000 to contest the elections. These deposits have to be paid to the Electoral Commission by bank guaranteed cheque and R1 000 per district council and R500 per independent ward candidate.
Ward candidates have to be registered voters in the municipality they want to contest.
Voters who need more information on the municipal elections such as confirmation of their registration details, voting stations’ location or the different type of ballot papers should contact the IEC Call
Centre toll free on 0800 11 8000 or visit the website at www.elections. org.za.
Voters who want to know whether they are registered and where they should vote can send an SMS with their ID number to 32810 or visit any Absa ATM.
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