Exactly 20 years ago, following the Electoral Act section 5(3) amendment of 1997, Botswana citizens in the diaspora voted for the very first time in the country’s General Elections (Molutsi) 2007). However, external voters may only cast their vote for members of parliament, not for local councillors.
External voting usually takes place two weeks before the General Elections at home. “The ballot papers are then brought to the IEC within a period of four days after the voting. Upon arrival they are counted and allocated to constituencies on the basis of the voters’ choices in the presence of the candidates and political parties. This means that the results of external voting are known by stakeholders a few days before the main voting takes place, but they are never released” (Molutsi 2007).
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