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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The Electoral Court has handed down a judgement which will ultimately enable more voting stations abroad for the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n

Initially, the Electoral Commission (IEC) made a decision to not allow the casting of special votes headed by honorary consuls.<\/p>\n

However, the court set this aside declaring that the word \u201cconsulate\u201d in Section 33(3) of the Electoral Act 73, 1998, includes a consulate headed by an honorary consul.<\/p>\n

The Democratic Alliance (DA) opened a case against the IEC on 15 February \u201cto request the inclusion of all Embassies, High Commissions and Consulates as voting stations for the 2024 elections,\u201d said federal chairperson of the DA, Helen Zille.<\/p>\n

The party said that their lawsuit originated from complaints by South Africans residing in Perth, Australia who wanted the Honorary Consulate there to serve as a voting station.<\/p>\n

However, the High Commission in Canberra said that the Perth Consulate was ineligible for this purpose because it does not have staff \u201ctransferred\u201d directly from South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe DA considered this position to be both unlawful and irrational [arguing] that the IEC and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) should not differentiate between consulates headed by \u201ctransferred staff\u201d and those led by honorary consuls,\u201d said Zille.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the more than 40,000 South Africans living in Perth, as well as other cities where this judgment will be effective, this is an enormous victory,\u201d added the DA federal chair.<\/p>\n

The IEC said that they have \u201cnoted\u201d the judgement, and have requested legal advice and clarity on the reasons given \u201cin order to understand the basis of the conclusions reached.\u201d<\/p>\n

Broadly, an honorary consul promotes South African exports, serves as a liaison for visiting South Africans, distributes information on South Africa, and represents it at events.<\/p>\n

In 2019, there were 19,882 valid out of country votes. 74.45% of these went to the DA, followed by the ANC (10.83%) and the VF+ (4.57%).<\/p>\n

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