The Electoral Commission of South Africa was “extremely pleased” with the smooth voting process, according to its update after voting stations closed at 9pm on Wednesday. But as complaints about voting glitches and snarl-ups continued throughout the day, the IEC appealed for formal complaints to be brought to it.The electoral commission will not allow the potential misconduct of one or two individuals – be they voters or election officials – to taint the overall outcome of these elections.
In several areas across the country trenches dug to prevent IEC officials from opening voting stations first had to be dealt with. Aside from the power outages — voting stations have emergency LED lighting — the IEC said that 30 voting stations in Nelson Mandela Bay and Cradock in the Eastern Cape were affected by heavy rain and winds.
Whether this is one of many compromises to be made as the votes are being counted remains to be seen. Election day 2019 saw voters take to social media to post photos of their ink-marked left thumbs to spur on others to cast their ballots. Most left it at that; taking and publishing a photo of the marked ballot is illegal under electoral rules.
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