Twenty suspects have been arrested after allegedly trying to vote for a second time during the 2019, National and Provincial Elections.
Nineteen suspects have been arrested in KwaZulu-Natal of which 16 are alleged to have transgressed in Danhauser, two in Hluhluwe and one in the Port Shepstone while the twentieth suspect was arrested in Douglasdale in Gauteng.
These suspects are alleged to have contravened Section 88 (d) of the Electoral Act 73/1998 whereby a person tries to cast more votes than a person is entitled to.
In a separate matter, in the case of Arnold Mulaudzi, who was arrested on Tuesday night on charges of contravening Section 87(1)(a) par. 2 & 3 of the Electoral Act 73 of 1998, Mulaudzi appeared in the Vuwani Magistrates’ Court today. Mr Malaudzi has been released on R5000 bail and is expected to reappear in court on the 03rd of June 2019. The case has been postponed to allow for further investigation.
Furthermore, people bragging on social media about having cast “double votes” must realize that this is a transgression of the Electoral Act, if not fraud or both.
