Honorary consulates have no state power & can't conduct elections

JOHANNESBURG - Lawyers for the Electoral Commission of South Africa have argued that honorary consulates, where the Democratic Alliance would like voting abroad to happen, have no state power and therefore cannot conduct an election.

While the IEC has set up voting stations at only certain consulates, the DA has argued that this is against electoral law. The DA has argued that Section 33 of the Electoral Act includes all embassies, high commissions and consulates and so South Africans abroad should be able to cast their vote at any of these.

But counsel for the IEC, advocate Geoff Budlender, has argued that by definition and by law, honorary consulates cannot conduct elections.The DA’s lawyers have argued that the IEC refuses to try and accommodate South Africans abroad, who have to travel long distances to cast their ballot. They have asked the court to rule that the IEC must do all that is necessary to set up polling stations at all consulates.

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