Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000 (Act No. 27 of 2000)

Chapter 5 : Voting

Purchase

(1)	If a voter accidentally marks a ballot paper in a way that does not indicate for whom the voter wishes to vote and the ballot paper has not yet been placed in the ballot box, the voter may return that ballot paper to the presiding officer or a voting officer.

(2)	Upon receiving the ballot paper from a voter, the presiding officer or voting officer must mark "cancelled" on the back of the ballot paper and file it separately.

(3)	The presiding officer or voting officer must then hand the voter a new ballot paper.