BREAKING THE RULES CAN RESULT IN BAN FROM ELECTIONS

Issued by: African National Congress

Local government elections

ELECTORAL CODE OF CONDUCT

These rules apply to candidates, members, officials and supporters 
of political parties. Parties or candidates who break the rules can 
be banned from standing for election.

DO!

- Respect the right of all other parties and voters to disagree
  with you and to run election campaigns in your area.
- Publicly condemn violence and intimidation
- Work with officials and other parties for free and fair
  elections
- Make sure all your supporters abide by the code of conduct
- Make sure women participate fully in all parts of the election
- Cooperate with any police investigations about election crime
  or fraud

DO NOT!

- Take down any other party's posters or banners
- Disrupt meetings, events or canvassing of other parties
- Allow members or suppur events
- Spread lies or false rumours about parties or candidates
- Use any form of violence or intimidation, including violent
  language and sexual harassment to force voters to support a
  party or candidate
- Use bribery or abuse positions of power to get votes

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PARTIES AND CANDIDATES

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

All parties and candidates rgistered for the elections have to stick 
to the rules in the Electoral Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct 
also applies to office bearers, members and supporters of a party.

If anyone from the ANC breaks the rules any voter, other party or 
official can make a case against us with the Election Tribunal. This 
is a special court that will quickly deal with election crimes. 
There will be an Elections Apeals Tribunal at provincial level that 
you can appeal to if you think a Tribunal gave an unfair judgement.

If we are found guilty, we can lose the election because of the
punishment that the Tribunal can order.

Punishment

Punishment for breaking the Code of Conduct can be any of the
following:

The ANC or a candidate can be banned from standing for
election in the area.

The ANC or a candidate can be banned from holding meetings or
doing any canvassing in the election area.

The ANC can be banned from appearing on television or radio or
advertising in newspapers.

Votes can be subtracted from the number of votes we get in the
election.

A fine of up to R100 000 or a jail sentence for the person
involved.

The full Code of Conduct can be found in Schedule 3 of the
Regulations. Other election crimes are in Chapter 17 of the
Regulations. The main points are on the next page and the posters.