#ElectionResults latest: The final number and selection of the voting station sample for the audit will be determined with the help of expert statisticians. The process was endorsed by political parties in the party liaison committee today.
#ElectionResults latest: By law the Electoral Commission has 7 days in which to announce the election results & is confident this voting & results audit exercise will be completed in time to provide assurance of the integrity of the #SAElections2019 results within this period.
JUST IN: The @IECSouthAfrica says 19 people were arrested in KZN on allegations of 'double voting'. 17 people succeeded in voting twice in Danhouser, while two others failed but we're arrested in Port Shepstone and Hluhluwe - Ntombifuthi Masinga of the IEC @IOL#SAelections2019
#ElectionResults latest: The results capture & verification process continues & the Electoral Commission gives its assurance to South Africa that it will only announce results where it is 100% confident in the integrity & legitimacy of those results.
#ElectionResults latest: The Electoral Commission has ordered an investigation into the effectiveness of the indelible ink marker pens supplied for #SAElections2019. Investigation will be done with the CSIR & with the full cooperation and support of the supplier.
#ElectionResults latest: The Electoral Commission is encouraged by the rapid arrest of four voters in KZN in connection with alleged double voting. Any attempt to vote more than once leaves a clear footprint in electoral process & the suspects were tracked down using this info.
The IEC says it will find and deal with any irregularities. They have always ensured free and fair elections. I trust them even on these ones. #SAElections2019
It is very opportunistic of some of these opposition parties to cry foul already and point fingers when we do not even know the facts yet. Allow the IEC to investigate and then we take it from there. #SAElections2019