Register with ActionSA to participate in our Candidate Elections - a direct democracy process that allows YOU to choose who will represent us on the ballot in the Local Government Elections.
By registering and voting in this process, it will be you, and not a political party, that chooses ActionSA’s candidates for Ward Councillor.
Select option:
Candidate
Register as a prospective candidate for the ActionSA Candidate Elections.
Register as Candidate- What are ActionSA’s Candidate Elections?
Our Candidate Elections are similar to primary elections, which takes place in countries like the United States. It is a process whereby a political party allows ordinary citizens to decide who should represent them on the ballot paper on Election Day.
This is different to how things work in every other political party in South Africa, where candidates are chosen by political parties, often without any input from the people those candidates are meant to serve.
- How does this differ to other political parties?
Every political party uses their own systems to select candidates to run for public office. Often this relies on selection committees that promote candidates to the top of party lists based on who they know, and not who the community actually wants. The result is candidates that are more loyal to their party than the community they are supposed to serve.
At ActionSA, we believe that communities should decide for themselves who potentially gets to serve them.
We use a process of direct democracy, whereby eligible candidates participate in a mini-election before the Local Government Elections (similar to what is known as a Primary Election in countries like the United States), with the successful candidate representing ActionSA on the ballot paper on Election Day.
- Need assistance?
- Contact vote@actionsa.org.za for assistance.