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The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) says it is still in the process of conducting public consultations on the potential introduction of electronic voting (e-voting) in the country.
The consultation process began in March and is expected to conclude at the end of September. The commission is reviewing the feasibility and policy implications of implementing e-voting in South Africa and is also studying the experiences of other countries.
IEC Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo recently confirmed that while e-voting is likely to be introduced in the future, it will not be implemented in the upcoming 2026 Local Government Elections.
Mamabolo says, “We’ve issued a discussion document and the aim of the discussion document primarily is to create a common, national understanding of what e-voting is. And also in the discussion document, we are looking at the international experience. So we are currently in a consultation mode on the discussion document and that process closes at the end of September.”
He adds, “Thereafter, we will integrate all the public input and hand over a proposed draft policy to the Minister of Home Affairs, who will then have to present it to Parliament for eventual debate and consideration.”
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