# Electoral-amendment

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- Published: 2022-01-24T14:36:46+02:00
- Author: dearSA

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### The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs invites interested individuals and organisations comment on the Electoral Amendment Bill [B1-2022].

    - The purpose of the Bill is to amend the Electoral Act, 1998, so as to insert
      certain definitions consequential to the expansion of this Act to include 
      independent candidates as contesters to elections in the National Assembly
      and provincial legislatures

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### SUMMARY

The purpose of the Bill is to amend the Electoral Act, 1998, so as to insert certain
definitions consequential to the expansion of this Act

 * to include independent candidates as contesters to elections in the National 
   Assembly and provincial legislatures;
 * to provide that registered parties must submit a declaration confirming that 
   all its candidates are registered to vote in the region or province where an 
   election will take place;
 * to provide for the nomination of independent candidates to contest elections 
   in the National Assembly or provincial legislatures;
 * to provide for the requirements and qualifications which must be met by persons
   who wish to be registered as independent candidates;
 * to provide the procedure to follow for a non-compliant nomination of an independent
   candidate;
 * to provide for the inspection of copies of lists of independent candidates and
   accompanying documents;
 * to provide for objections to independent candidates;
 * to provide for the inclusion of a list of independent candidates entitled to 
   contest elections;
 * to provide that independent candidates are bound by the Electoral Code of Conduct;
 * to provide for the return of a deposit to independent candidates in certain circumstances;
 * to amend Schedule 1; to substitute Schedule 1A; and
 * to provide for matters connected therewith.

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