The Independent Electoral Commission says it has published the final list of candidates for the May 7 national and provincial elections. The IEC has provided candidates with certificates confirming their candidacy, said the IEC in Friday. The final lists show a total of 8 651 candidates who are standing for election on the regional, national and provincial lists of 45 political parties. This is slightly fewer than the 9 117 candidates who appeared on the final lists for the 2009 … [Read more...] about IEC publishes final election candidate lists
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Only a few hours left to submit objections to candidate lists
People who want to lodge objections regarding candidate lists published by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) have until 5pm to do so. Last week, the IEC published the lists of candidates for each party on its website for public inspection. However, the lists will be available on the website for inspection until today's 5pm deadline, meaning that any objection to lists of candidates, in terms of Section 30 of the Electoral Act, must be submitted to the IEC's head office in … [Read more...] about Only a few hours left to submit objections to candidate lists
