1. Type your topic here Electoral Commission
Briefing on the Preparations for 2019 National and Provincial
Select Committee on Social Services
27 November 2018
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Electoral Matters
May 2016

2. High-level election planning dates
Registration Jan 2018
Proclamation Feb 2019
Certification Mar 2019
Candidate nomination Mar 2019
Ballot paper draw
Mar 2019
Election
May 2019

8. Registered voters 31 August 2018
Provincial breakdown of registered voters as at 31 August 2018
Province
VAP Feb 2018 SA citizens 1
Registered voters 31 August 2018
% Registered to VAP
Eastern Cape
85.10%
Free State
81.30%
Gauteng
66.10%
KwaZulu-Natal
78.50%
Limpopo
77.60%
Mpumalanga
69.80%
North West
71.10%
Northern Cape
77.70%
Western Cape
70.10%
Total
73.80%
NOTE: 1The VAP figures were supplied by StatsSA

12. No Addresses 31 July 2018

13. No Addresses October 2018

14. Complete addresses 31 July 2018

15. Complete addresses 31 October 2018

16. Potentially Incomplete addresses 31 July 2018

17. Potentially Incomplete addresses 31 October 2018

18. Electoral Democracy Education

19. Communication Campaign
Social and digital media
Traditional media
Radio
Television
Community radio
Contact centre
Posters
Billboards
SABC Education

20. Expansion Staff OFFICE PSESs APCs MOCs DEFs Area Managers Eastern Cape4 47 39
244
774
Free State 28 22
109
341
Gauteng 55 18
212
587
KwaZulu-Natal 78
312
1,006
Mpumalanga 3 19
193
420
Northern Cape 31 17
138
207
Limpopo 32
186
596
North West 25 26
134
414
Western Cape 45
141
402
TOTAL 33
360
237
1,669
4,860

21. TECHNOLOGY UPDATES Hardware
Servers: These are due to be replaced during 2018
PCs/printers/laptops: These are scheduled for replacement in late 2018 and early 2019 (in a phased approach)
Software
Operating system: Upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 is planned for 2018/19 – impacting on all application systems
Web browser: Upgrading from Internet Explorer 9 to Internet Explorer 11/Edge
Database Management System from SQL 2012 to SQl 2016

22. TECHNOLOGY UPDATES
Development of applications (voter registration, participation and staff attendance) for the new voter registration devices which will also incorporate location based solutions.
Enhancements to the voter registration system to process the new information.
Development of a ballot paper tracking system to voting station level (including a scanning application on the new device)
Enhancements of the electronic candidate submission system
Enhancements of the online out-of-country and special vote application systems
Enhancements to the Procurement Plan system
Minor enhancements to the NPE Results System, such as workflow for results slips re-printing, section 65 objections enhancements
Enhancements to IEC mobile application to include NPE results
Strengthen the use of mobile and online technologies

23. TECHNOLOGY UPDATES ELECTION PREPARATION:
Prepare servers and data transmission for use at the results operation centers
Update the leaderboard application for the results operation centres, website and mobile application
NOTE:
All political parties will be invited to examine and test the NPE Results system as has been the historic practice
The system will also be subjected to an external audit to ensure integrity