Elections2019: Elderly in Mamelodi happy at having special vote pretorianews
Pretoria - The elderly in Mamelodi have expressed excitement as they took part in the two-day special voting.
Octogenarian Rosinah Mabokela was among the 28 special voters in ward 23 visited at home by Independent Electoral Commission officers. She said she was not going to make it to a polling station due to arthritis, which had affected her walking ability."I was worried that I might not make it to the school on May 8 but I am happy that I have voted," she said."I started voting during the times of an old man, who passed on - Mandela. "I feel happy. I wanted to go out on Wednesday and vote but I couldn't because I am sick," she said."Nowadays there is too much unemployment.
There were at least 774 000 people who applied to take part in the special voting on May 6 and 7 with more than 452 000 through a home visit by election officials and more than 321 000 voters at their voting stations.
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