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Appointment of Municipal Electoral Officer
The Independent Electoral Commission may appoint a Municipal Electoral Officer to serve under the oversight of the Municipal Manager and/or Executive Committee. The role involves coordinating election-related functions within the City of Cape Town.
(c) the Independent Electoral Commission be allowed to appoint Mr Brent Gerber as Municipal Electoral Officer and that he be directly responsible to the Municipal Manager and/or the Executive Committee in the performance of this function
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City of Cape Town, Western Cape
Reference
https://www.capetown.gov.za/_documents/resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Bylaws%20and%20policies/Assistance%20IEC%20and%20Appointment%20Municipal%20Electoral%20Officer%20Policy%20-%20approved%20on%2005%20June%202001.pdf
Contribution to Municipal Electoral Officer Salary
The City of Cape Town will pay Mr Brent Gerber’s salary, but the Independent Electoral Commission is to be approached to contribute a larger share than the current honorarium.
(d) Mr Gerber’s salary be paid for by the City of Cape Town, but that the Independent Electoral Commission also be approached to contribute a larger portion of his salary than the current honorarium being paid
Funding for Municipal Staff in the Election Office
The City of Cape Town continues to fund the salaries of municipal staff working in the Voters’ Roll and Election Office, which operates in coordination with the Independent Electoral Commission.
(b) the City of Cape Town continue to run a Voters’ Roll and Election Office that works in unison with the Independent Electoral Commission and continue funding costs of the municipal staff working in the office
Use of Municipal Infrastructure for Elections
The City of Cape Town makes its infrastructure available to the Independent Electoral Commission for local, provincial, and national elections at no cost, subject to a formal agreement.
(a) the City of Cape Town continue to make its infrastructure available to the Independent Electoral Commission for Local, Provincial and National elections at no cost to the Independent Electoral Commission and that an agreement be entered into with the Independent Electoral Commission in this regard
Recommendation of Voter Registration Offices
A report must be prepared identifying municipal offices suitable for user-friendly and equitable voter registration across the City of Cape Town.
(e) a report be prepared recommending which municipal offices can be utilised to assist with the user friendly registration of voters on an equitable basis throughout the City of Cape Town and submitted to the Executive Committee at the earliest possible opportunity
