{"id":193488,"date":"2021-06-29T10:03:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T08:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/iec-to-approach-electoral-court-to-postpone-wednesdays-by-elections\/"},"modified":"2021-06-29T10:03:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T08:03:26","slug":"iec-to-approach-electoral-court-to-postpone-wednesdays-by-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/iec-to-approach-electoral-court-to-postpone-wednesdays-by-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"IEC to approach Electoral Court to postpone Wednesday\u2019s by-elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202106\/byelections.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The Electoral Commission says it will urgently approach the Electoral Court to postpone eight by-elections scheduled for Wednesday, 30 June 2021.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the implementation of Adjusted Alert Level 4 lockdown restrictions, which ban all gatherings, including political ones.<\/p>\n<p>The Electoral Commission said it took the decision to seek the court\u2019s approval to postpone the by-elections at an emergency meeting held on Monday, after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced additional measures to help curb the third wave currently gripping the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWednesday\u2019s by-elections were the final by-elections scheduled to be conducted prior to the cessation of by-elections ahead of the Local Government Elections scheduled for October this year,\u201d the Commission said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The by-elections were scheduled to take place in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu\u2013Natal, Northern Cape and Western Cape, across 48 voting stations and involving 71 305 registered voters.<\/p>\n<p>They were to have been contested by 40 candidates from 14 political parties, and three independent candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Between March 2020 and March 2021, the Electoral Commission approached the Electoral Court to postpone over 100 by-elections during the first and second waves of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>These by-elections were safely conducted during lulls in the pandemic when restrictions were at level 1 during November and December 2020 and again during March, April and May 2021. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Electoral Commission says it will urgently approach the Electoral Court to postpone eight by-elections scheduled for Wednesday, 30 June 2021. 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