Private Members Bill seeks to extend access to voting abroad
I have, on behalf of the Democratic Alliance (DA), submitted a legislative proposal to amend current electoral legislation.
If accepted and enacted, the resulting amendments will:
- allow voters living outside of South Africa to register to vote where they live
- increase access to voting for South Africans living abroad
- allow South Africans abroad to exercise their vote in provincial as well as in national elections.
Please view the memoradum covering letter here and the memoradum itself here.
The proposed legislation is underpinned by the political rights conferred on all South Africans by Section 19 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (Act 108 of 1996). It is further motivated and justified by two of the four core values of an electoral system, as accepted by the Electoral Task Team in 2003, namely fairness and inclusiveness.