South Africa: Plans to Allow SA Expats to Vote

Pretoria — The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) have announced their collaboration to register South Africans living outside of the country as voters for the very first time.

This follows the presidential assent to the Electoral Amendment Act No. 18 of 2013 and the publication of amendments to the Regulations on the Registration of Voters late last year.

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