Preparations for Municipal Elections

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Preparations for Municipal Elections
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Subjects to address

• Technical preparations for municipal elections
• Communication campaign for municipal elections
• Some of the most important messages for 2005/06
  elections
• Announcement of the date for the registration of
  voters and the general public inspection of the
  voters roll

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Technical preparations for Municipal Elections
February 2004
April July 2004
May September 2004
October 2004 April 2005
20 May 2005
June 2005
27 June 1 July 2005
1 15 July 2005
July 2005
January August 2005
April August 2005
July August 2005
August- September 2005
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Communication campaign for municipal elections

• 30 June 2005
• Launch of Elections 2005/06
• Call centre functional (0800 11 8000)
• Am I registered?
• Where must I register?
• IEC website (www.elections.org.za )
• Am I registered?
• Where must I register?
• SMS facility
• Am I registered?
• (Send ID number to 32810 (all networks)

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Communication campaign for municipal elections

• 30 June 2005 onwards
• Media
• The IEC as source of information. Press, radio
  TV interviews on request
• Advertising
• Electronic
• Print
• Other Billboards, posters, taxis, trains,
  public amenities.
• The main emphasis will be on radio
  advertising whilst community radio and community
  newspapers will carry most advertisements in
  their respective fields.

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Communication campaign for municipal elections

• 1-15 July 2005
• Targeted registration and individualized
  communication campaign in new and affected voting
  districts. Registering or advising voters where
  to register.

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Some of the most important messages for 2005/06
elections

• You can only vote in the voting district in which
  you are registered and you must register or be
  registered in the voting district in which you
  ordinarily reside. In municipal elections there
  is no provision to vote anywhere but where your
  name appears on the Voters Roll.
• The youth are urged to register as voters. It is
  cool to do so.
• Men are urged to register as voters.

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Announcement of the date for the registration of
voters and the general public inspection of the
voters roll
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SATURDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2005 !!!
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Thank you
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February 2004

• Data on number of registered voters per voting
  district made available to the Municipal
  Demarcation Board Start new Ward Demarcation
  process.

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April July 2004

• Capturing or recapturing of approximately 7,5
  million addresses as provided by voters for the
  2004 elections Preparing the voters roll for
  the 2005/06 elections.

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May September 2004

• Input from Municipalities/political parties on
  the revision of voting districts.

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October 2004 April 2005

• Revision of voting districts in conjunction
  with ward sets of the Municipal Demarcation Board
  ending in formal consultation with Local Party
  Liaison Committees in each municipality.

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20 May 2005

• Receipt of new ward boundaries from the
  Municipal Demarcation Board.

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June 2005

• Finalization of new voting districts. An
  increase of 11 since 2004 to approximately 19000
  voting districts to improve voter access.
• This represents an increase of just over 25
  since the last municipal elections in December
  2000. There has only been an 11,2 inflationary
  adjustment to the Commission budget over the
  2000/01 figure and the balance has therefore had
  to be found in increased operating and
  procurement efficiency.

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27 June 1 July 2005

• Provincial tender briefings for the printing
  of about 4340 different ballot papers for the
  2005/06 elections.

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1-15 July 2005

• Targeted registration in new voting districts
  and areas affected by ward demarcation or voting
  district delimitation.

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July 2005

• Voting station leases to be signed.
• Registration staff to be identified.

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January August 2005

• Provision of permanent infrastructure at
  state property used as voting stations by
  inter-departmental task teams at national and
  provincial level.

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April August 2005

• Procurement and distribution of equipment
  and stock for the registration weekend.

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July August 2005

• Appointment of expansion staff.

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August September 2005

• Registration staff to be trained.

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