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FIRST VOTES OF 2014 NATIONAL ELECTIONS CAST The first votes in the 2014 national elections were cast at about 9pm last night as voters abroad begin voting at South African missions around the world. Some 406 South Africans who successfully registered to vote at the South African High Commission in Auckland, New Zealand were the first to vote when polling opened at 7am on 30 April 2014 – which was 9pm last night South African time. They are being followed by more than 26 000 voters who applied successfully to cast their ballots at 116 missions around the world over the next 33 hours. The final votes will be cast in Los Angeles where polls will close at 6am South African time tomorrow, on 1 May. The city with the largest number of voters is London where 9 863 voters applied to cast their votes. The city with the smallest number is Bissau, Guinea Bissau where just a single voter applied. The top 10 largest overseas voting stations are: • London (9 863) • Dubai (1 539) • Canberra (1 243) • Kinshasa (773) • The Hague (667) • New York (604) • Doha (557) • Dublin (466) • Khartoum (458)
Posted on: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 08:09:09 +0000

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