{"id":88797,"date":"2019-01-20T11:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=88797"},"modified":"2019-01-21T09:12:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T07:12:28","slug":"election-fever-rising-first-posters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/01\/20\/election-fever-rising-first-posters\/","title":{"rendered":"Election fever rising with first posters up"},"content":{"rendered":"

The battle over posters has been raging for years, with parties scrambling for the perfect spots.<\/p>\n

On Friday, FF+ councillor Johan Duvenhage accused the DA of underhand tactics by putting up their posters without paying a deposit and having the posters stamped by the municipality.<\/p>\n

Steve Tshwete\u2019s Independent Electoral Commission offices, however, confirmed to the\u00a0Middelburg Observer<\/i>\u00a0that it had already requested the municipality to allow political parties to put up posters, despite no election date having been pronounced by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The 2019 National and Provincial Government elections must take place by August.<\/p>\n

The DA was first out of the starting blocks and put up election posters all over town.<\/p>\n

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DA activist Martin Demas and Councillor Morgan Bruiners were the first to put up election posters, securing the best spots on lamp posts, in the run-up to the 2019 national elections.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Friday, Duvenhage of the FF+ accused the DA of cutting corners \u201cbecause none of their posters are stamped and no deposit has been paid\u201d.
\nThe deposit is paid as surety of any political parties\u2019 commitment to remove all posters after the elections. If the parties fail to remove the posters they forfeit the deposit.<\/p>\n

The other big contenders, the ANC and EFF, are whining in their absence on the poles.<\/p>\n

None of the political parties contesting the national elections have released their candidate lists for the National Assembly, National Council of Provinces and nine Provincial Legislatures.<\/p>\n

The next voter registration weekend will take place on 26 and 27 January at voting stations around town.<\/p>\n

Voters can also check whether they\u2019re registered at the municipal IEC office.<\/p>\n

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