August and Another v Electoral Commission and Others

dc.date.accessioned	2017-04-08T16:58:50Z
dc.date.available	2017-04-08T16:58:50Z
dc.date.created	2004-10-04	en
dc.identifier.citation	[1999] ZACC 3
dc.identifier.citation	1999 (3) SA 1 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation	1999 (4) BCLR 363 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2071
dc.title	August and Another v Electoral Commission and Others	en
dc.title.alternative	CCT8/99	en
dc.identifier.casenumber	CCT8/99	en
dc.date.hearing	19 March 1999
dc.contributor.judge	Sachs J
dc.date.judgment	1 April 1999
dc.link.judgment	http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/2071/Full%20judgment%20%28298%20Kb%29-1989.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis	Issue of the right of prisoners to vote in national elections. August and Others appealed against a judgment of the Transvaal High Court, which found that the IEC had no obligation to ensure that prisoners could register and vote. Sachs J, on behalf of a unanimous court, found that only parliament had the power to disenfranchise prisoners, and that in absence of such legislative disenfranchisement, prisoners retained their constitutional right to vote. The IEC was accordingly ordered to make all reasonable arrangements to enable prisoners eligible for the vote, to register as voters and vote.
dc.concourt.casehistory	Appeal from a judgment in the Transvaal High Court.

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