More than 800,000 voters for October elections
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
The final supplementary registration exercise ended on May 18 and the IEC says focus has now shifted to preparations for the October polls.
IEC spokesperson, Osupile Maroba said while the total tally of registered voters was below the organisation’s target of 1.1 million, the numbers were consistent with the population growth of eligible voters.
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