IEC Invites Public Comments On Unchanged Proposed Rates For Municipal Elections

THE Electoral Commission has invited the public to comment on the proposed rates of election deposits for the 27 October local government elections.

This follows the publication on Friday in the Government Gazette by the Chief Electoral Officer of proposed deposits to be paid by parties and independent candidates intending to contest the elections scheduled for the municipal elections.

The proposed rates, among others, include R3500 to contest an election in a metropolitan municipality; R2000 in a local municipality with wards; R1000 for an election in a district municipality; and R1000 for an election in a ward if the party is not contesting PR election or an independent ward candidate.

The IEC in a statement on Monday said the proposed amounts are unchanged from those set in Municipal Elections 2016.

“They reflect a decrease of between 50 % (for independent candidates and those choosing to contest a single ward), 12.5%