The ANC has lodged an urgent application in the Electoral Court in a bid to force the Electoral Commission to accept candidates who were not registered due to alleged technical glitches.
ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte says the IEC's refusal to allow the party to register candidates will impact on its chances of contesting in almost 100 municipalities. File photo.The ANC has lodged an urgent application in the Electoral Court in a bid to force the Electoral Commission of SA to accept candidates who were not registered due to alleged technical glitches with the electoral body’s online system.
The party’s instructing attorney, Mongezi Ntanga, confirmed papers were filed electronically to the Electoral Court. “Of these, the incomplete candidates’ list will have a significant effect on 35 municipalities which will result in a change of government or change in the main opposition without a single vote being cast,” said Duarte.
Duarte said the ANC will be out of 13 municipalities without contesting because it will not be in a position to have candidates on the proportional representation ballot due to names not being submitted on time.
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