MyIEC campaign to capture voters’ addresses

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has launched its online address campaign which will assist it in meeting the 30 June 2018 target to capture the addresses of all registered voters.

The MyIEC online campaign allows voters to log onto the IEC website via www.elections.org.za/ MyIEC to update and capture their addresses.

Once voters have created their profile on the site, they can easily locate their address on the map provided or fill in their address manually.

Urging voters to make use of the platform, the newly appointed Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo said: “The MyIEC platform is secure, easy to use and providing your address will only take a few minutes”.

To assist voters, the IEC revived its Contact Centre on 0800 11 8000 and a short demonstration video has been included on its website.

“The system allows for voters to change addresses as often as they move to ensure that voters' details are always updated,” said IEC Business Systems ICT Manager Melanie du Plessis.

The ward or district where the voter is registered will be verified and a notification sent to them. If it is found that the voter is registered in the wrong ward, according to section 11 and 12 of the Electoral Act, the Chief Electoral Officer can allocate the voter to a ward.

Voters would also need to sign a declaration included on their profile as acknowledgement that their details are accurate. If information provided is found to be false, the Commission would take the necessary steps against the voter. report old cases or hoax cases.

“People must report genuine cases as scarce resources will be used to resolve these complaints. Therefore, people must not abuse this campaign by reporting false or hoax cases. We need accurate information, the address of incident, police station, town and province to optimally respond.”

Minister Mbalula said the campaign does not replace a police station but allows the public to inform him about service delivery failures of specific police stations.

“Cases get reported at the police station. When you experience bad service, report the police officer, the police station and the province,” he added.