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MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT

IT’S OFF to the polls we go again on 29 May – almost 30 years and a month to the day we voted in the first democratic elections.

Things will be a little different in the voting booth this time: we’ll get three ballot papers instead of two and we can cast votes for independent candidates who aren’t part of any political party.

Still confused about exactly why there’s a three-ballot system? We try to unpack what it all means.

THE NEW BALLOT ALLOWS INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES TO GET A SEAT IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

HOW THE 400 SEATS IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WILL BE FILLED

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