'For us to have a desk with party colours at IEC results centre was campaigning' - Cope.
DA's James Selfe is equally happy with how his party prepared for the sixth democratic elections but indicated that while most voting stations opened on time, there were inexplicable instances in which some voting stations ran out of ballot papers as early as 10:00am. Selfe attributed the glitches to lack of proper planning on the part of the IEC.
“The Democratic Alliance has been well prepared for this election. We deployed literally thousands on the ground to assist. Most voting stations opened on time but there were some inexplicable and very worrying in the voting process. Some did not have the right equipment and some ran out of ballot papers as early as 10 o'clock. For example, just before noon, seven out of the nine voting stations in one ward in central Cape Town ran out of ballot papers.
He said his party’s objective was to bring the ANC under 50%, win one of the provinces and retain the Western Cape. He added that the party’s mood was positive, cheerful and confident as they waited for the final election results. While many party representatives are in high spirit, mingling at their desks, situated at the foot of the big screen at the nerve centre of elections, some party representatives had not yet occupied their desks where they should. They supposedly feel the pulse of their political parties performance on the ground. Among those that had not shown their faces for most of the first day were famous newbies such as ATM and ACM.
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