{"id":10955,"date":"2013-10-09T11:14:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T11:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=10955"},"modified":"2013-10-09T11:19:50","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T11:19:50","slug":"iec-expects-record-voter-turnout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=10955","title":{"rendered":"IEC expects record voter turnout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/iec.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10956\" alt=\"iec\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/iec.jpg\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is determined to attain record voter turnout in next year&#8217;s election, chairwoman Pansy Tlakula said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\">&#8220;We are preparing ourselves for an exceptionally high&#8230; voter turnout,&#8221; she said at the media launch for the 2014 elections in Midrand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\">&#8220;In South Africa, our legislative framework requires citizens to register before they vote. Registration is apolitical and everyone has a role to play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\">Tlakula said voter registration needed to be embraced by, among others, political parties, organised labour, organised business, faith-based organisations, and civil society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\">The IEC had started consulting with the relevant parties in this regard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\">She announced that registration for next year&#8217;s elections would take place on November 9 and 10.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\">&#8220;All our voting stations in the country will be open for the purpose of voter registration from 8am.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\">&#8220;Our officials will be ready to welcome and assist all potential voters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\">Tlakula said those who were already registered should take the opportunity to check their details on the voters&#8217; roll, and those who had moved should register in their areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\">She called on young people, especially those who were voting for the first time, to register.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\">&#8220;Democracy and freedom came at a great price and you cannot take it for granted. We should treasure and use the opportunity to exercise that right [to vote],&#8221; Tlakula said. &#8211; Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is determined to attain record voter turnout in next year&#8217;s election, chairwoman Pansy Tlakula said. &#8220;We are preparing ourselves for an exceptionally high&#8230; voter turnout,&#8221; she said at the media launch for the 2014 elections in Midrand. &#8220;In South Africa, our legislative framework requires citizens to register before they vote. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=10955\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;IEC expects record voter turnout&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[6844,6842,6845,6843],"class_list":["post-10955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-south-africa","tag-2014-elections","tag-independent-electoral-commission-iec","tag-pansy-tlakula","tag-record-voter-turnout"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/iec.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10955"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10959,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10955\/revisions\/10959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}