More than 800,000 voters for October elections

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The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) reports that 823,306 people have been registered to vote in the October elections, with no possibility of further extension for registrations.

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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