Lawyers representing the South African Labor Party argued that the Independent Electoral Commission's claims: (It is not true that the IEC's online portal is working well.
Advocate Chris Loxton said that, by its own admission, the IEC was able to upload only 65 documents in accordance with section 27 of the Electoral Act by the relevant date (8 March 2024) as set out in the election calendar. % of political parties.
But Labor claims there were technical flaws in the IEC's online portal that prevented it from meeting this deadline.
Three political parties challenge IEC in competition for 2024 election qualification:
The party is seeking urgent intervention from the Constitutional Court after the Electoral Court rejected the party's application for future national and general elections.
“There are often stories about a handful or very few parties failing to upload their documents on time, but the vast majority of those who were required to do so were able to do so successfully. That is simply not true. A 35% failure rate is not a minority, and 65% is not a majority. What this shows is glowing reports from service providers that their systems are working well and that some people will Despite the argument that everyone can do it, there are significant challenges.
The Labor Party, the African Congress for Transformation and the Labor African Social Democratic Alliance are all in court.
All applicants blamed the IEC's failure to comply, citing a dysfunctional online portal.
However, the Electoral Tribunal ruled in favor of the IEC, finding that the evidence showed that the online nomination system was working well at the time.
