WALLIS AJ time that they registered and their names were placed on the national voters’ roll. A further 332 registrations did not have sufficient conventional addresses to determine whether they were correctly registered. Although registered in the correct ward, 359 people were registered in the incorrect voting district. [59] The relevant provisions of the Electoral Act dealing with the registration of voters are the following: “6. Persons who may apply for registration as voter– (1) Any South African citizen in possession of an identity document may apply for registration as a voter: Provided that where that citizen is ordinarily resident outside the Republic, he or she must in addition to the identity document produce a valid South African passport. ... 7. Applications for registration as voter– (1) A person applying for registration as a voter must do so in person in the prescribed manner. ... (3) (a) A person is regarded to be ordinarily resident at the home or place where that person normally lives and to which that person regularly returns after any period of temporary absence. (b) For the purpose of registration on the voters’ roll a person is not regarded to be ordinarily resident at a place where that person is lawfully imprisoned or detained, but at the last home or place where that person normally lived when not imprisoned or detained. 8. Registration (1) If satisfied that a person’s application for registration complies with this Act, and that the person is a South African citizen and is at least 18 years of age, the chief electoral officer must register that person as a voter by making the requisite entries in the voters’ roll. ... (3) A person’s name must be entered in the voters’ roll only for the voting district in which that person is ordinarily resident and for no 32