Diaspora Batswana get franchise for councilors

In an order delivered recently by Lobatse High Court Judge, Justice Godfrey Nthomiwa declared that it was unreasonable for the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to deny voters to vote for both candidates while the IEC Act does not prohibit the practice.

The judgement, which has set precedence for other voters outside the country, came after one voter, Bakotelo Mmipi had taken the IEC and its secretary to court for denying him to vote for all candidates in his polling station.