南非：地方选举特别投票今明两天举行 67.8万上门投票者须留在登记住址等候
南非选举委员会（IEC）11月1日在简报会上呼吁，获批上门特别投票的选民在11月2日与3日两天留在登记住址等候选举官员上门协助投票。2026年地方政府选举的正式投票日为11月4日（周三）。
委员会说，已有678525名选民获批以居家方式投特别票，原因是身体不便或残障；委员会已部署12.7万名选举官员负责两天的上门投票与投票站特别投票。首席选举官 Sy Mamabolo 说，上门走访数量庞大且往往跨越广大地域，官员若第一次到访时选民不在，将不会再返回同一地址；夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省获批上门投票人数最多，为143714人。
委员会同时表示，错过上门投票的选民不会被剥夺投票权，仍可在11月4日前往自己的投票站投票。特别票将安全保管并与记录核对后，与选举日选票一同计票。委员会呼吁各方尊重程序完整性，不得恐吓选民或选举官员、阻碍投票或干扰上门投票路线与选举材料。
南非通讯社（SAnews）报道，本届地方选举的特别投票申请获批总数达到2655067份，创下纪录，比2021年选举获批的1147759份增长131%；申请期于9月21日开放、10月12日下午5时截止。政府部长 Khumbudzo Ntshavheni 11月2日也呼吁合资格选民踊跃投票、选出要向社区负责的市议员。内政部11月2日至3日延长办公时间至下午6时，选举日则开放至晚上9时，方便选民领取或补办身份证件。
South Africa: Special Voting Begins for Local Elections as 678,525 Home-Visit Voters Told to Stay Home for Officials
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) urged voters approved for home-visit special voting in the 2026 Local Government Elections to remain at their registered addresses on Monday and Tuesday, November 2 and 3, until electoral officials arrive to assist them in casting their ballots, the commission said at a media briefing on Sunday, November 1. Election Day is Wednesday, November 4.
The commission said 678,525 voters have been approved to cast special votes at their places of residence due to physical infirmity or disability, and it has deployed 127,000 electoral officials to administer home visits and voting station-based special voting over the two days. Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo said that given the sheer number of home visitations to be made within two days, often covering vast areas, officials will not return to the same address if voters are not there when they first arrive. KwaZulu-Natal recorded the highest number of approved home visits at 143,714.
Voters who miss their home visit will not be disenfranchised, the commission said: they can still visit their voting station on November 4 to vote. Special votes will be securely stored and reconciled with the records before being counted alongside ballots cast on Election Day. The commission called on all stakeholders to respect the integrity of the process and refrain from conduct that could intimidate voters or officials, obstruct voting or interfere with home-visit routes and election materials.
SAnews reported that a record 2,655,067 special vote applications were approved ahead of this election, a 131 percent increase on the 1,147,759 approved for the 2021 elections, after the application period opened on September 21 and closed at 5 p.m. on October 12. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni on November 2 urged eligible South Africans to vote and choose councillors who will be accountable to their communities, and the Department of Home Affairs extended office hours to 6 p.m. on November 2 and 3, and to 9 p.m. on Election Day, so voters can collect or apply for identity documents.
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图片来源：照片：南非帕阿尔一处投票站（2026年6月），Lefcentreright 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC0 授权 / Photo: A voting station in Paarl, South Africa (June 2026), by Lefcentreright, Wikimedia Commons, CC0
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