Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000 (Act No. 27 of 2000)Chapter 2 : Voters’ Roll and Election Date10. Revote at voting station |
| (1) | If ballot papers used in an election at a voting station are lost, destroyed or unlawfully removed before the votes cast at the voting station have been counted, the Commission may allow a revote at that voting station on a day determined by the Commission, but that day must fall within a period of 90 days of the applicable date mentioned in section 24(2) or 25(3) of the Municipal Structures Act. |
| (2) | If the Commission allows a revote at a voting station, it must make its decision known in any appropriate way that will ensure sufficient publicity of the date determined for the revote at that voting station. |
| (3) | A revote at a voting station must be conducted in accordance with the same procedures that applied on the voting day. |