{"id":967492,"date":"2024-05-29T19:19:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T19:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=967492"},"modified":"2024-05-29T19:19:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T19:19:21","slug":"voting-station-in-private-yard-in-tshwane-poses-no-issues-iec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/voting-station-in-private-yard-in-tshwane-poses-no-issues-iec\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting station in private yard in Tshwane poses no issues: IEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The IEC in Tshwane says there is nothing untoward in a voting station located in someone else\u2019s yard.\u00a0Residents at Ward 28 in Nelmappius in Mamelodi, East of Pretoria, have raised concerns about a voting station located at a private residence.<\/p>\n<p>They claim they were only informed on Tuesday that they would no longer be voting at their usual voting station which is a tent located on an open veld but rather at a neighbour\u2019s garage.<\/p>\n<p>The IEC says it prefers a permanent structure over a temporary one in case of any eventualities. It also says pitching a tent is more costly as it needs to be accompanied by other things such as ablution facilities.<\/p>\n<p>IEC outreach and training officer in Tshwane, Clement Ntlailane says aggrieved voters are welcome to lodge a complaint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless the house was painted with logos, political parties and there was a palsy of parties and things like that, that was not in line with keeping with rules of engagement with features a facility must have, we\u2019d relook into the facility. But if there are people who are aggrieved the doors are always open.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ward 28 residents in Nelmapius, Mamelodi, expressed concerns about a voting station located in someone\u2019s yard. They claim they were only informed yesterday that they would no longer vote at their usual polling station, a tent at a nearby open field . <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bXHrpHKyX4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/bXHrpHKyX4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Phumzile Mlangeni (@PhumiMlangeni) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhumiMlangeni\/status\/1795865295875190840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes The IEC in Tshwane says there is nothing untoward in a voting station located in someone else\u2019s yard.\u00a0Residents at Ward 28 in Nelmappius in Mamelodi, East of Pretoria, have raised concerns about a voting station located at a private residence. They claim they were only informed on Tuesday that they would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":967493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1895],"tags":[1593,2852,2853,2854],"class_list":["post-967492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-iec","tag-iec-in-tshwane","tag-mamelodi","tag-voting-station-located-in-someone-elses-yard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/967493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=967492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=967492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}