IEC: 9 registration stations failed to open on Sunday
Nine registration stations failed to open on the second day of the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) voter registration weekend.
This was mostly due to community protests.
In the morning, the figure was five.
But IEC deputy CEO Mawethu Mosery says the number of voting stations affected is insignificant compared to the ones which continued operating.
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“Where we had challenges is largely with the people who are protesting round the registering process and consequently causing intimidation. In some instances they have tried to block off the opening of voting stations. In the morning we had just about five across the county. But relative to the 23 151 voting stations, it is an insiginifacnt number.”
On Saturday morning, the IEC's online registration system encountered a few glitches.
Potential voters were not able to capture their addresses on the system.
Mosery says the problem has since been resolved and the online registration system has also seen more people able to register.
“In terms of voters we’ve been seeing a lot of traffic on our online system and it is very encouraging it is now known and people are using it. I hope they continue to use it until tomorrow midnight for the election on 1 November.”
