Police taking statements from politicians in relation to double voting allegations | AlexMitchley
Cope MP Deidre Carter told a media briefing that she had tried testing the system, claiming that she could have voted a number of times using her own ID. Carter said she removed the mark on her thumb with bleach and then visited a number of stations where she got a slip that would have allowed her to vote if she had filled in a VEC4 form.READ MORE:At the media briefing, Cele said that 22 people had been arrested for attempting to vote for a second time.
"Nineteen suspects were arrested in KwaZulu-Natal, of which 17 were alleged to have transgressed in Dannhauser, two in Hluhluwe, one in Sawoti and one in Izingolweni, whilst the 22nd suspect was arrested in Douglasdale in Gauteng," Cele said. Furthermore, two people were arrested on election day after a video was posted to social media, claiming that they had voted more than once.
"Etienne Mare, 52, posted a video claiming that he was on his way to vote for a second time after hearing from Malinda Halloway, 57, that she had been 'able to do so herself'." Mare and Halloway appeared in the Barberton Magistrate’s Court on Friday, facing charges relating to the contravening of Section 88 , voting more than once; Section 89 , intentionally making a false statement, alternatively of fraud; and Section 90, infringement of secrecy, Cele said.
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