CCT45/09

[2009] ZACC 13

2009 (10) BCLR 971 (CC)

2010 (5) SA 487 (CC)

The Court

5 May 2009

3 June 2009

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/3586

Application to the CC for leave to appeal against a judgment of the Electoral Court: Chief Electoral Officer v The Electoral Commission and Others, Case No 04/2009, Electoral Court, 30 April 2009, unreported.

This matter involved an urgent application for leave to appeal by the African National Congress (ANC) against a decision taken by the Electoral Court upholding the objection of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the Independent Electoral Commission to one of the candidates included on the ANC list for election of the National Assembly in the 2009 General Elections. The objection was based on the fact that said candidate was not on the voters' roll. A unanimous Court held that on the facts there was no reason to prohibit the candidate from standing for election and therefore upheld the appeal against the decision of the Electoral Court.