2016
No.3
19 Voter registration officers and registration offices
(1) Voterregistrationshall be conducted by the Commission through
its voter registration officers (who shall be employees of the Commission
and who may be appointed to this office conjunctively with any other
office as an electoral officer) or any persons whom the Commission may
from time to time appoint to assist in voter registration.
(2) A voter registration officer shall be appointed for such locality
as the Commission may determine, including (but not limited to) a
constituency, district or ward.
(3) Voterregistrationofficersshallexercisethefunctionsconferred
upon them by or under this Act under the general supervision and direction
of the Commission.
(4) A person seeking registration as a voter may approach any
of the registration offices of the Commission for registration as a voter
during the period specified in section 17A (2).".
4. In section 20 ("Voters rolls to be kept by Commission")(2) by the repeal of
paragraph (a) and the substitution of"(a) the voter's first and last names, date of birth, national registration number
and sex; and".
5. In section 22A ("Polling Station Voters Rolls")(3)(a) by the deletion of "or to
cast a special vote".
6. By the repeal of section 26 and the substitution of-
"26 Voters registration certificates
(1) On the registration of a voter in terms of this Part the voter
registration officer shall issue him or her with a voters registration certificate
specifying(a)
the voter's last name, date of birth, national registration
number and sex; and;
(b)
the ward, constituency, district, province and, in the case of
polling station specific registration, the polling station in or
for which the voter is registered.
(2) On the transfer of the registration of a voter in terms of section
25 the voter shall be issued with a voters registration certificate by the
voter registration officer of the constituency to which he or she has been
transferred.".
7. In section 40C ("Voter education by persons other than the Commission or
political parties")(!) by the repeal of paragraphs (i) and (j) and the substitution of"(i)
the voter education materials used by the person and the course or
programme of instruction in accordance with which the voter education
is conducted are adequate, current, correct and not misleading or biased
in favour of any political party; and
(j)
the voter education materials used by the person and the course or
programme of instruction in accordance with which the voter education
is conducted are furnished to the Commission for its scrutiny no later
than twenty-eight days before they are intended to be used; and
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