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ELECTORAL LAW: LATEST AMENDMENT BILL HEADS TO PARLIAMENT
- 26 August 2026
- Electoral Law
- SA Legal Academy
The Department of Home Affairs has gazetted the pre-tabling explanatory summary of an Electoral Laws Amendment Bill soon to be formally introduced in Parliament.
According to a media statement on the 29 July 2026 Cabinet meeting at which the Bill was approved, its overarching objectives are to ensure (the) alignment’ of three Acts to which the Bill proposes amendments, thus
- ‘strengthen(ing) the electoral legislative framework’
- ‘enhanc(ing) the administration and management of elections’, and
- ‘support(ing) the conduct of free, fair and credible elections’.
Against that backdrop, the Bill’s explanatory summary refers to proposed amendments to:
- the 1996 Electoral Commission Act to:
- ‘provide for the mandatory deregistration of unrepresented parties that fail to annually renew their registration’
- ‘insert a provision regarding the eligibility of registered parties to contest elections’ and to
- change the composition of the Electoral Court
- the 1998 Electoral Act, among other things to:
- revise provisions on requirements to be met ‘for eligibility to apply for registration as a voter’
- ‘limit objections to only the provisionally compiled voters’ roll’, and to
- underscore the authority of the Independent Electoral Commission in making a final decision on the response to an objection, and
- the 2000 Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, among other things to:
- revise a provision on ‘the eligibility of registered parties to contest elections’.
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