IEC disappointed at number of registered first-time voters
The Independent Electoral Commission says the number of young voters who are currently registered to vote for the first time in KwaZulu-Natal is disappointing.
IEC provincial electoral officer, Mawethu Mosery says of the over 5.3-million KwaZulu-Natal citizens already registered to vote, just over 1.3-million are youth between the ages of 18 and 29-years-old.
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Speaking at the IEC's offices in Westville, Mosery said the number of registered youth should be in the region of 3-million.Mosery says so far, just over 170,000 first-time voters between 18 and 21 have registered to vote.
"We should be getting close to a million at this age group, your first-time voters -- people who have become 18 since the last general elections," he said.
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"We are concerned and we will work really hard to attract new voters to come and register this weekend."Mosery says everything is set for the final voter registration drive this weekend.
