South Africa's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) doesn't allow citizens living abroad to vote
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in South Africa has recently come under fire from the SA blogging community and traditional news websites for failing to provide an accessible website to users of software other than Internet Explorer on the Windows operating system.
As a result of the recent Presidential succession in South Africa and (most likely) the overwhelming result of the US elections, there's been a host of South African expatriates seeking to take part in the upcoming 2009 National Elections.
Unfortunately, they have discovered that the IEC does NOT in fact allow South African citizens living abroad to register or vote in National Elections.
This is in direct contravention of the country's constitution and the electoral act that governs the IEC.
I've decided to cover the developments of this issue at http://freemyvote.co.za and will be reporting on these issues daily.
If anyone has any suggestions on how I should proceed with this cause, please visit the site, drop me an email or comment on this discussion.
Thanks in advance.
Kind regards
Sergei Muller
Free My Vote






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