DOUGLAS - Residents of Douglas in the Northern Cape will return to the polls on 18 November.
The IEC has ordered a revote in Ward Three of the Siyancuma Local Municipality after ballot papers were destroyed before counting could be completed.
The commission has now outlined the arrangements for the revote.
Given that the commission could not exclude those torn ballots from the election result, the commission decided that to issue a result excluding the torn ballots would be unfair," said IEC Deputy CEO for Electoral Operations Masego Sheburi.
"In the circumstances, the commission decided that the votes cast at the Bongani voting station in Ward Three of Siyancuma would not be counted."
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The candidates and voters’ roll used in the original election will remain unchanged.
The only process being reopened is to allow eligible voters in special circumstances to apply for special votes. Applications opened today and will close on Saturday.
The revote will take place on Wednesday, 18 November. Saturday.