Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs 2016 Local Government Election Report Electoral Commission 27 February 2018.

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Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs 2016 Local Government Election Report Electoral Commission 27 February 2018

Presentation outline Legislative framework (pp3 – 4) Pre-election phase Delimitation (pp 5 – 7) Voting station planning (pp 9 – 10) Voter registration (registration pp 49 – 52; certification p53) Outreach: education & communications (pp 18 – 36) Election timetable (p53; pp 92-93) Proclamation (p53) Party registration (pp 56 – 57) Candidate nomination (pp 57 – 60) Special vote applications (pp 70 – 71) Legal environment (pp 61 – 63)

Presentation outline cont. Election phase (p65) Logistics and Infrastructure Ballot papers (pp 65 – 69) Voting Station infrastructure (pp 9 -10) Election staff recruitment and training (pp 37 – 40) Election day (pp 72- 76) Voter participation statistics Post-election phase Objections (p79) Results (pp 94 – 105) Voters’ perspectives (pp 80 – 84) Conclusion

Electoral system (pp 3- 5) Section 157 of the Constitution provides principles for the electoral system for local government: S157 (2)(a) Proportional representation OR S157(2)(b) Proportional representation combined with ward representation Section 157 (3) says the system in 157 (2) MUST result in general in proportional representation; Municipal Structures Act provides for the details of the electoral system: Half the number of councillors must be elected directly from wards Balance of councillors to be elected from party lists

Legislative amendments (p4) Key amendments to the Municipal Electoral Act ahead of 2016 Municipal Elections: Providing for recognition of Smart ID cards; Providing for on-line candidate and a streamlined nomination process; Providing for the CEO to advise parties where candidates are standing for multiple parties; Providing circumstances and number of times a voter may request a new ballot paper; Clarifying the collation process of results for by-elections; and Amending the modalities for the payment of election deposits.

Pre-election phase: Demarcation changes (pp 5- 7) Demarcation processes only concluded in December 2015; Outstanding demarcation matters (Vuwani, Tlokwe, Midvaal) until very last minute; Category B Municipalities REDUCED from 234 to 213; Total number of municipalities REDUCED from 278 to 257 (including 44 Category C Municipalities); Slight INCREASE in wards Election Number of Wards Percentage increase 2000 3 754   2006 3 895 2.6% 2011 4 277 9.8% 2016 4 392 2.7%

Voting Districts (p7) Eastern Cape 3 087 4 368 (41) 4 560 (4) Province Number of VDs: 2000 Number of VDs: 2006 (% change) Number of VDs: 2011 (% change) Number of VDs: 2016 (% change) Eastern Cape 3 087 4 368 (41) 4 560 (4) 4 699 (3) Free State 1 061 1 186 (11) 1 320 (11) 1 531 (15) Gauteng 1 979 2 172 (9) 2 480 (14) 2 716 (9) KwaZulu-Natal 3 336 4 064 (21) 4 358 (7) 4 792 (9) Mpumalanga 1 023 1 259 (23) 1 565 (24) 1 744 (11) Northern Cape 396 621 (56) 655 (5) 710 (8) Limpopo 1 796 2 274 (26) 2 781 (22) 3 111 (11) North West 1 020 1 488 (45) 1 570 (5) 1 723 (9) Western Cape 1 290 1 441 (11) 1 570 (8) 1 586 (1) TOTAL 14 988 18 873 (25) 20 859 (10) 22 612 (8) 13

Average number of voters per VD

Voter registration (pp 49 – 52) Combined Targeted Communication and Registration Activities Province New registration Re-registration same voting district Re-registration from different voting district   Total Eastern Cape 2 564 1 567 12 075 16 206 Free State 1 815 1 453 9 185 12 453 Gauteng 2 271 944 9 037 12 252 KwaZulu-Natal 4 084 4 323 18 702 27 109 Limpopo 2 946 1 632 7 823 12 401 Mpumalanga 3 736 4 598 13 965 22 299 North West 1 665 2 005 5 854 9 524 Northern Cape 1 344 830 6 353 8 527 Western Cape 3 160 2 007 12 357 17 524 TOTAL 23 585 19 359 95 351 138 295

General registration weekends (pp 51- 52) Voting stations were opened over the weekends of 5-6 March and 9 – 10 April 2016 for voter registration and re-registration; Also a focus on obtaining addresses for registered voters Total new registrations: 1 384 254 Total re-registrations (new VD): 2 253 645 Total re-registrations (same VD): 3 040 835

General registration weekends (pp 51- 52)

Certified Voters Roll for the 2016 Elections Province Female % of Provincial Total Male % of Provincial Total Provincial Total % of Total Eastern Cape 1,908,575 57.19% 1,428,957 42.81% 3,337,532 12.67% Free State 809,121 55.00% 661,878 45.00% 1,470,999 5.59% Gauteng 3,215,834 51.58% 3,018,988 48.42% 6,234,822 23.68% KwaZulu-Natal 3,052,876 56.42% 2,358,361 43.58% 5,411,237 20.55% Limpopo 1,521,360 59.52% 1,034,768 40.48% 2,556,128 9.71% Mpumalanga 1,047,802 54.60% 871,414 45.40% 1,919,216 7.29% North West 900,655 52.50% 814,805 47.50% 1,715,460 6.51% Northern Cape 332,780 53.56% 288,530 46.44% 621,310 2.36% Western Cape 1,676,893 54.68% 1,389,756 45.32% 3,066,649 11.65% Total 14,465,896 54.93% 11,867,457 45.07% 26,333,353   9

Voter registration growth (p53) Growth in voters’ roll 2000 – 2016 (+ 42%)

Outreach: Education & Communications (pp 18 – 36) Election campaign “MY TOMORROW IS IN MY HANDS” broadcast nationally in 11 languages across all media; Social and digital media increasingly used as a medium to engage with young voters (23% of total expenditure on social/digital compared to +/-10% in 2014); Social media segment of campaign won a number of awards including: Advertising Media Association of South Africa (AMASA) Awards 2016 for Best Integrated Campaign (Public Sector) and Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) South Africa Smarties Awards 2016 2.5 million SMS messages to register (age 17-25) and a further 5 million SMS messages sent to voters without addresses (following ConCourt ruling)

Contact centre (pp 22 - 24) 218 260 calls received 73 614 social media interactions

Civic & democracy education (pp 30 – 36) Province Outreach & Training Officers (OTOs) Municipal Outreach Coordinators (MOCs) Democracy Education Facilitators (DEFs) Other Eastern Cape 8 45 238   Free State 5 24 105 Gauteng 19 169 KwaZulu Natal 11 54 276 Limpopo 26 181 Mpumalanga 3 18 NIL 62 formal partnerships with traditional councils North West 4 165 Northern Cape 27 108 Western Cape 6 28 134 Total 52 260 1376

Party registration (pp 56 - 57) Record number of parties contested 2016 Elections (205)

Candidate nomination (pp 57 - 60) Record number of candidates contested 2016 Elections (63 718) Election Party PR Party Ward Independent Total % change for total 2000 16 156 13 236 689 30 081 n/a 2006 21 498 23 028 663 45 189 +50% 2011 23 303 29 700 754 53 757 +19% 2016 26 743 36 120 855 63 718 Of the 69 196 candidates initially nominated: 38 966 were submitted using the new online candidate nomination system 30 230 submitted manually 5 478 were disqualified

Candidate statistics (pp 57 - 60) Gender and age statistics for candidates Candidates Age Category Female Male Total >=18<=19 90 72 162 >=20<=29 3 666 4 471 8 137 >=30<=39 6 727 10 258 16 985 >=40<=49 7 321 11 319 18 640 >=50<=59 5 449 7 828 13 277 >=60 1 860 4 663 6 523 25 113 38 611 63 724

Special vote applications (pp 70 - 71) Record number of special vote applications (741 721 compared to 239 693 in 2011) Represents approximately 3 percent of registered voters Province Approved home visits Approved voting station visits Total approved special votes Eastern Cape 46 881 24 230 71 111 Free State 24 327 31 415 55 742 Gauteng 30 121 48 872 78 989 KwaZulu-Natal 50 342 29 856 80 198 Limpopo 41 052 14 243 55 295 Mpumalanga 28 310 174 336 202 646 North West 37 389 29 934 67 323 Northern Cape 27 117 29 584 56 701 Western Cape 30 058 21 159 51 217 Grand total 315 597 403 629 719 226

Electoral Offences (pp 61 – 63) The Directorate for Electoral Offences was established in July 2016 to investigate all complaints of alleged transgressions of prohibited conduct and provisions of the Electoral Code of Conduct Of the 63 complaints received: 37 infringements were serious enough to be referred to the Directorate 11 infringements were referred to the Electoral Commission’s external panel of attorneys for further investigation and recommendations. One of the complaints received was in respect of hate speech. The matter was referred to the Electoral Court and the candidate in question was disqualified.

Legal environment (pp 61 – 63) Significant increase in the number of litigious matters ahead of 2016 Elections: Challenges to the voters’ roll – three court applications Candidate nomination – 10 court applications Intra-party disputes – seven court applications Significant cases: Xolile David Kham and 7 Others v Electoral Commission and Another and AP Mhlope v Electoral Commission Key ruling of the Constitutional Court: Electoral Commission obliged to take all reasonable measures to obtain the addresses of all voters who registered post-December 2003 (suspended until June 2018 except for by-elections) Tlokwe voters’ roll to be corrected for the 2016 Elections

Addresses of voters: Update Voter’s roll category Number of registered voters (as at 30 November 2017) Complete address 19 418 210 (75%) REC AS address 115 142 (0.4%) Incomplete/generic address 3 551 266 (14%) No recorded address 2 815 160 (11%) Pre-December 2003 no recorded address 1 160 615 Post-December 2003 no recorded address 1 654 545 Total registered voters 25 899 778

Ballot Papers Designed (unique) Ballot papers (pp 65 – 69) Ballots Ballot Papers Designed (unique) Ward ballot papers 4 392 District Council ballot papers 44 Metro Council ballot papers 8 Local Council ballot papers 205 Total 4 649 Ballots Ballot Papers Printed Ward ballot papers 28 316 400 District Council ballot papers 14 248 700 PR ballot papers Total 73 881 500

Voting Day materials (pp67 – 68) +/-153 000 ballot boxes +/-133 000 voting booths +/- 1,9 million A4 pages of the voters’ roll to provide a copy of the segment of the voters’ roll for each voting station +/- 125 000 voting station arrow signs 45 224 large banners to mark the voting stations 60 tons of stationery to voting stations including 580 000 pens 150 000 indelible ink markers 165 000 security stamps 750 000 security seals to seal ballot boxes

Voting station infrastructure (p9) Province VS Permanent School Temporary Mobile Eastern Cape 4 699 4 535 77% 161 3 Free State 1 531 1 342 44% 189 Gauteng 2 716 2 389 53% 327 KwaZulu-Natal 4 792 4 647 73% 133 12 Limpopo 3 111 2 966 78% 145 Mpumalanga 1 744 1 650 63% 82 North West 1 723 1 605 56% 115 Northern Cape 710 684 33% 26 Western Cape 1 586 1 534 42% 50 2 TOTAL 22 612 21 352 64% 1 228 32

Reduction in temporary Voting Stations (p9) Province 2014 Elections (NPE) 2016 Elections (LGE) % Change Eastern Cape 174 161 -7% Free State 212 189 -11% Gauteng 455 327 -28% KwaZulu Natal 167 133 -20% Limpopo 202 145 Mpumalanga 76 82 +8% North West 120 115 -4% Northern Cape 28 26 Western Cape 61 50 -18% TOTAL 1 495 1 228

Registration and election staff (pp 37- 42) Voter registration: Registration staff recruited for March 2016 registration weekend: 52 168 Registration staff recruited for April 2016 registration weekend: 58 001 Election day: Voting Station staff recruited: 207 264 Unemployed: 165 771 (79.98%) Women: 147 624 (71.23%)

Registration and Election Staff (pp 37- 42) Voting Station staff: Age breakdown

Voter turnout (pp 74 - 78) Total of 15 290 820 voters participated Turnout of 57.94% Women : 58% Men: 42%

Voter turnout by age (pp 74 - 78)

Time of voting (p76) Almost 2 out of 3 voters who voted had done so by 11am

Counting and Results (pp 77- 79) 93% of results were captured and available within 24 hours; Within 74 hours the final results were available with delays in large metros (Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane) 2016 Elections results announced 3 days after the election On 10 August 2016 (7 days after voting day) after processing multiple seats elected councillors were published and municipal councils could constitute Only 40% of DC seats are PR – the remaining 60% can only be filled after election by local councils

Objections and Appeals (p79) The Commission resolved to investigate and decide on all objections – even those lodged after the legislated deadline of 5 August 2016; By January 2017 the Commission had considered 216 objections; There were 10 appeals to the Electoral Court; One was upheld and resulted in a recount in affected wards in Tlokwe. There was no change to the result; The Electoral Commission successfully appealed in the SCA against two rulings of the Electoral Court. Rulings were overturned and original decision of the Commission reinstated.

Voters Perspectives (pp80 - 84) 64% of voters took less than 15 minutes to travel to their voting station 72 % waited less than 15 minutes to vote Average waiting time to vote was 17 minutes (compared to 25 minutes in 2014 and 23 minutes in 2011) 84% found voting stations to be accessible to persons with disabilities 96% satisfied with signage and instructions at VS 95% expressed satisfaction with the secrecy of the vote 91 % reported that no one tried to force them to vote for a political party 91% felt that the election procedures were free and a further 4% said it was free with minor problems 96% of voters satisfied with quality of service by election officials 91% of voters trust the Electoral Commission

Voters Perspectives (pp80 - 84) 64% of voters took less than 15 minutes to travel to their voting station 72 % waited less than 15 minutes to vote Average waiting time to vote was 17 minutes (compared to 25 minutes in 2014 and 23 minutes in 2011) 84% found voting stations to be accessible to persons with disabilities 96% satisfied with signage and instructions at VS 95% expressed satisfaction with the secrecy of the vote 91 % reported that no one tried to force them to vote for a political party 91% felt that the election procedures were free and a further 4% said it was free with minor problems 96% of voters satisfied with quality of service by election officials 91% of voters trust the Electoral Commission

Conclusion: Towards the 2019 Elections Operational environment Implementation of Constitutional Court ruling on Section 16 (3) Enhanced training of election staff Fiscal environment Reduced resources Expanded mandate (Party Funding Legislation) Legal environment Increased scrutiny of electoral processes by all stakeholders Increasing objections and legal challenges Delimitation Review of provincial boundaries Climate conducive to free and fair elections Increasing contestation Rise of intolerance Intra-party conflict over candidates Enforcement of Code of Conduct

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