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Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998)

Chapter 4 : Elections

Part 1 : Voting

41. Objections concerning voting

 

 

(1) At any time before a voter has been handed a ballot paper, an agent may object to that voter being entitled to vote or to vote at the voting station concerned.

 

(2) An agent, or the voter concerned, may object if the voter is refused a ballot paper.

 

(3) An agent, or a voter, may object to any conduct, other than that mentioned in subsection ( 1) or (2), of an officer, an agent, or any other person present at a voting station.

 

(4) An objection in terms of subsection (1), (2) or (3) must be made to the presiding officer in the prescribed manner.

 

(5) The presiding  officer, in the prescribed manner, must decide the objection and notify the objector and any other parties involved in the objection, of the decision.

 

(6) An appeal against the decision of the presiding officer may be noted with the Commission in the prescribed manner and time.

 

(7) The presiding  officer must keep a written record in the prescribed manner of each objection and decision made in terms of this section.