ELECTORAL AMENDMENT BILL: FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT

ELECTORAL AMENDMENT BILL: FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT

• 05 December 2022
• Parliament
• SA Legal Academy

The National Assembly’s Home Affairs Committee has issued a notice calling for comments by 27 January 2023 on changes to the Bill made by the NCOP. These are explained in the committee notice.

Among other things, they:

• address a disparity between the number of signatures of support required by an independent candidate and a political party
• rectify the forfeiture calculation
• amend the calculation formula used when a candidate is required to choose between taking a seat in the National Assembly or a provincial legislature
• address a flaw in the method used to protect seats that become vacant after an election, and
• introduce a new clause establishing an Electoral Reform Consultation Panel as an interim measure after the 2024 elections.

Click the links below to access:

• the committee notice
• the list of amendments on which comments are invited
• the revised Bill

Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch

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