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Voter Registration

8 & 9 November 2003

How do I contact the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)

• Call the toll free number on 0800 11 8000 between 06:00 and 21:00
• Visit the website [outside link]
• Call the office in your province
• Call the office of your local Municipal Electoral Officer [outside link]

Who should register

• SA citizens 16 years or older (but you have to be 18 years or older to vote on election day)
• Newly naturalised citizens
• Those whose address, name or ID number has changed
• See also FAQs on the IEC website [outside link]

Check if you are registered

• Check your registration details on the IEC website [outside link]

How to register for the 2004 elections
 

• To register to vote, you must
  • Be 16 years or older (to vote you have to be 18 years or older on election day)
  • Have your green bar-coded ID book or Temporary Identity Certificate (TIC)
  • Go to the voting station where you live or
  • Go to the office of your local Municipal Electoral Officer [outside link]
    
     
• To obtain an ID book
  • Visit your nearest Home Affairs office [outside link]
  • Instructions on how to obtain an ID book [outside link]

Related information

• FAQs on the IEC website
• Statements and Press Releases

Sources:
¹⁾ Statement by the Independent Electoral Commission, 28/8/2003
²⁾ Pamphlet by the Independent Electoral Commission [PDF - Instructions to open]
³⁾ IEC website

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