Special vote applications kick off today
It's less than two months to go until the local government elections and the first round of applications to vote opens today.
South Africans who want to cast special votes can lodge their applications at IEC offices from this morning.
Candidates include the disabled, infirm and pregnant voters as well as security forces, elections officials, the media and other people who can't leave their mark on August 3.
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Special voting days will be be on August 1 and 2.
The IEC says these include home visits available to voters who can visit their voting stations.
Special votes may only be cast by voters who have applied for and received the approval from the Electoral Commission.
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These applications close at 5pm on July 8.
The IEC's Kate Bapela says there will be receipts which will serve as proof that a person registered for a special vote.
''Once the process of applying for a special vote closes then the chief electoral officer must consider all the applications and ensure that anyone who qualifies is able to be given permission because you don't just rock up at our voting stations and say you are going to cast a special vote.
"There will be a receipt or a document that you will get from us,'' he said.
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