LIVE: Counting of votes begins as voting ends - IEC
Tshwane – Except at those stations where voters were still waiting to cast their ballots, voting stations throughout South Africa have begun closing their doors and switching focus to the critical process of counting votes.
In a number of areas voting after dark was affected by power outages including in KwaZulu-Natal , Limpopo and Gauteng .The nature of the power outages was not immediately apparent but included instances of cable theft, weather related outages and other unscheduled interruptions. Ballot boxes containing special votes are also opened and the contents verified against lists of authorized special voters before being added to the count.Once the reconciliation is completed, the marked ballots are sorted into piles according to the party voted for.
The Presiding Officer makes the finaldetermination of this.The ballots for each party are counted and recounted to ensure accuracy and the results captured on two duplicate results slips which reflect the voting station, the number of cast ballots, the number of votes for each party and the number of spoiled ballots.
Once audited by independent auditors, the results are released and aresimultaneously visible to all those with access to the results system – including Electoral Commission, political parties, observers and the media.
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