| (1) | A person who applies for registration as a voter must— |
| (a) | submit his or her identity document and provide the details of his or her place of ordinary residence to a registration officer at a place identified by the chief electoral officer, and the registration officer concerned shall record the applicant’s name, identity number and place of ordinary residence; or |
| (b) | submit his or her application electronically on the official website or mobile application made available by the Commission for that purpose, provide the Commission with his or her identity number, a copy of his or her identity document, details of his or her place of ordinary residence, and comply with the requirements on the said website or mobile application; or |
[Regulation 2(1)(b) substituted by section 2(2.1) of Notice No. 4307, GG50066, dated 1 February 2024]
| (c) | complete an application form similar to Appendix 1 and— |
| (i) | in person submit the completed application form, together with his or her identity document, to a registration officer at a place identified by the chief electoral officer within the ward or in respect of the ward where he or she is ordinarily resident; or |
| (ii) | a person in the Republic who is by reason of physical infirmity or pregnancy unable to travel to a place so identified may apply to be visited by a registration officer to whom he or she may then in person submit the application form and his or her identity document, by causing an application made on a form similar to Appendix 2 to be delivered to the municipal electoral officer of the municipality where the applicant is ordinarily resident; or |
| (iii) | in person submit the application form, together with his or her identity document, to a registration officer visiting places in the ward where the applicant is ordinarily resident to facilitate applications for registration; or |
| (d) | if that person is absent from the Republic, he or she may— |
| (i) | complete and in person submit an application form similar to Appendix 7, his or her identity document and valid South African passport to a registration officer appointed for that purpose at a South African embassy, high commission or consulate for inclusion in the international segment of the voters’ roll; or |
| (ii) | submit his or her application electronically on the official website or mobile application made available by the Commission for that purpose, provide the Commission with his or her identity number, a valid South African passport number, copies of his identity document and a valid passport, and details of his or her place of ordinary residence, and comply with the requirements on the said website or mobile application. |
[Regulation 2(1)(d) substituted by section 2(2.2) of Notice No. 4307, GG50066, dated 1 February 2024]
| (1A) | [Regulation 2(1A) deleted by section 2(2.2) of Proclamation R.35, GG45060, dated 27 August 2021] |
| (2) | Every registered political party is entitled to be represented by an agent, duly authorised in writing by the party concerned on a form similar to Appendix 3, at any place referred to in sub-regulation (1)(a), 1(c)(i) or (1)(c)(iii) for the purpose of observing the registration of voters. |
[Regulation 2(2) substituted by section 2(2.3) of Proclamation R.35, GG45060, dated 27 August 2021]
| (3) | In every case where a registration officer refuses to accept an application for registration as a voter, such registration officer must immediately complete and hand to the applicant a notification of refusal in a form similar to Appendix 4. |
| (4) | Each political party represented on the local party liaison committee must be notified when and which voting districts’ registration officers will visit to facilitate applications for registration contemplated in sub-regulation (1)(a) or 1(c)(iii). |
[Regulation 2(4) substituted by section 2(2.4) of Proclamation R.35, GG45060, dated 27 August 2021]
