IEC worried over declining voter turnout ahead of 2024 elections

deputy chief electoral officer: electoral matters, Masego Sheburi, said the downward voter turnout trend was a source of worry, but they were hoping for improvement in the upcoming polls – as a result of voter education and voter registration.

“It is in our interest that the voter turnout should remain high,” said Sheburi, adding that they are finalising recruitment and training of personnel to work at the 23 300 voting stations.‘I’m not aiming to be president, but party will do very well in 2024,’ says Ace Magashule The objections, Sheburi said, should be only on the basis of political partisanship, including the high-profile political status of the staff member or whether they held an elected political office.

Sheburi said the participation of independent candidates will affect the magnitude of the IEC’s work.A total of 550 political parties are registered at national, provincial and local levels and some are only contesting at particular levels.And the registration process remained open for more parties to register. Sheburi said there were likely to be three ballot papers instead of the usual two.

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