§ Electoral Act s. 64Establishment of voting stations

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(1) The Commission must establish for an
election one voting station, or one voting station and a mobile voting station, or only a mobile
voting station,in each voting district.
(2) When determining the location of a voting station, the Commission may take into
account any factor that could affect the free, fair and orderly conduct of elections, including(a)
the number and distribution of eligible voters in that voting district;
(b)
the availability of suitable venues for a voting station;
(c)
the distance to be travelled to reach those venues;
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access routes to those venues;
(e)
the availability of transport to those venues;
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traffic density at or near those venues;
(g)
(h)
(i)
telecommunications facilities at those venues;
parking facilities at or near those venues;
general facilities at those venues;
0’) the safety and convenience of voters;
(k)
any geographical or physical feature that may impede access to or at those
venues; and
(I)
the ease with which those venues could be secured.
(3) Before determining the location of a voting station, the Commission may consult
on the proposedlocation of that voting station with(a)
themunicipal party liaison comrnittee for the municipality within which that
voting stationwill fall; or
(b)
if no municipal party liaison committee has been established in the municipality, the provincial party liaison committee for the province within which the
voting station will fall.
(4) By not later than the relevant date stated in the election timetable, the chief electoral officer must give noticethat copies of a list containing the address of each voting station
will be available for inspection.
3s. 6.: - 73
STATUTES
OF THE REPUBLIC
OF SOUTH
AFRICA-ELECTIONS
Electo7d Act, FJG. 73 cf,c!??8
ss. 54 - 7(!
( 5 ) Section 63 (2) to ( 5 ) , adjusted as maycontextually be necessary, applies to the
inspection and copiesof that list.

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