Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000 (Act No. 27 of 2000)Chapter 2 : Voters’ Roll and Election Date7. Who may vote |
| (1) | A person may vote in an election only if registered as a voter on the certified segment of the voters' roll for a voting district which falls within the municipality. |
| (2) | A person whose name does not appear on the certified segment of the voters’ roll for a voting district and who claims to have applied for registration as a voter in that voting district before or on the date of publication of the notice in terms of which the election was called, may submit to the Commission, at the address of the Commission’s local representative, or to the presiding officer of the voting station for that voting district— |
| (a) | a sworn or solemnly affirmed statement on a prescribed form containing the following particulars: |
| (i) | The full name, identity number and date of birth of that person; |
| (ii) | that person’s finger print; |
| (iii) | the address where that person ordinarily resides; |
| (iv) | a declaration that the address is situated within the area of that voting district; |
| (v) | a declaration that that person applied for registration as a voter in that voting district before or on the date of publication of the notice; and |
| (vi) | a request that that person’s name should be included in the certified segment of the voters’ roll for that voting district; and |
| (b) | proof that that person applied for registration as a voter in that voting district before or on the date of publication of the notice. |
| (3) | If the Commission or the presiding officer, as the case may be, has no reason to doubt the correctness of the contents of the statement— |
| (a) | the Commission or the presiding officer must make an endorsement to that effect on the statement; and |
| (b) | that person must be regarded as having been registered as a voter on the certified segment of the voters’ roll for the voting district referred to in subsection (2)(a)(iv). |