More than two-thirds potential voters register for elections

JOHANNESBURG July 12 Sapa

More than two-thirds of South Africa's more than 23 million
potential voters had returned their registration forms for the
November local elections by June 5, statistics from the local
government elections task group showed on Wednesday.

Of the 23,227,171 potential voters, registration forms had been
received from 74.47 per cent since registration started on January
27. Of these, 70.14 per cent had been processed.

The Western Cape, with 85.99 per cent, had the highest
registration figure, while Gauteng had the lowest at 62.6 per cent.

In Johannesburg 72.62 per cent registered, and 75.51 per cent
in Pretoria.

National secretariat co-ordinator Mr V Milne said the figures
were not final and could be misleading.