The Electoral Commission has slammed the DA’s ConCourt bid to declare the reopening of the candidate nomination process unconstitutional.
The IEC determined that a voter registration weekend could take place and, as part of this process, reopened the candidate application process.after the party failed to register candidates in several municipalities before the initial deadline, with the party admitting it would lose control or no longer be the official opposition in dozens of councils.
The party’s Werner Horn said in an affidavit that the apex court’s decision allowed for the reopening of the voters’ roll due to the voter registration drive and not the candidate registration process. The commission insisted its interpretation was correct and in line with the ConCourt order and the Local Government Municipal Electoral Act.
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