EVCIElection Voter-Confidence Index

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 30 of the Electoral Act addresses candidate nomination objections and dispute procedures — timing, grounds for objection, notification, and appeal mechanisms. It does not address voter pamphlets, ballot information content requirements, candidate information publication, or voter communication materials. The section is concerned with internal administrative procedures for vetting candidate nominations, not with statutory requirements to publish voter-facing ballot information or candidate pamphlets. The criterion requires a statutory framework defining content and distribution of voter pamphlet materials; this section satisfies neither dimension.

No matching sections in corpus.

Section 29 of the Electoral Act 73 of 1998 establishes a clear statutory framework for public access to candidate-filing documents. The section mandates that lists of candidates and accompanying documents submitted by registered parties be made available for inspection at multiple designated locations (Commission head office, provincial locations, municipal offices). Subsection (4) explicitly states 'Any person may inspect' these documents, establishing public accessibility without restriction. Subsection (5) further codifies the obligation to provide certified copies upon payment of a prescribed fee. The notice requirement in subsection (1) with specific timing tied to the election timetable ensures defined temporal parameters. This directly satisfies CAND.1 by establishing both the statutory requirement for public accessibility and the defined time period (election timetable) within which documents must be made available.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 82 of the Electoral Act 73 of 1998 addresses the appointment, powers, duties, and removal of election officers. It contains no provisions regarding candidate disqualification, candidate withdrawal, ballot printing procedures, or public notice requirements for either disqualification or withdrawal. The section is entirely focused on officer conduct, impartiality standards, and officer removal procedures. It does not codify any public-notice procedure for candidate disqualification or withdrawal after ballot printing, which is what CAND.2 criterion requires.

Section 20 establishes a statutory requirement that the Commission compile and publish an election timetable in the Government Gazette, which partially satisfies NOTIF.1. The statute codifies the notification obligation and references Schedule 1 as the framework. However, the section does not explicitly enumerate what content must be included in the timetable (such as polling place information, registration deadlines, or voting dates), nor does it specify timing requirements for when voters must be notified before the election. The reliance on Schedule 1 (not provided in this excerpt) leaves the substantive content requirements unclear from the face of this section alone. The publication mechanism (Government Gazette) is specified, but the criterion requires definition of both timing and content in statute regarding voter notification of date, polling place, and registration deadline—which are only partially addressed here.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 1 of the Electoral Act 73 of 1998 is a definitions section that establishes terminology for the Act (agent, chief electoral officer, Commission, election, officer, voter, voters' roll, voting station, etc.). While the section defines key electoral concepts including 'voting station' and 'voters' roll', it contains no substantive rules regarding notification procedures, timing requirements, or specific notice mechanisms for polling-place changes. The criterion requires a statutory requirement for individual notice of polling-place changes within a defined timeframe. Definitions alone cannot satisfy this requirement; the section would need to prescribe notification duties, recipient requirements, and temporal specifications. No such prescriptive language appears here.