WALLIS AJ include residential addresses for any of the voters, rendering it difficult, if not impossible, for candidates to find, visit and canvass voters. [10] In the light of these problems and concerns, the applicants approached the Electoral Court for an order that the by-elections be again postponed and for further relief. Unfortunately, due to the lamented death of the late President Mandela, the Electoral Court was unable to convene to hear the application.12 Accordingly, the by-elections proceeded as scheduled and the six applicants who were candidates lost.13 [11] In the founding and supplementary affidavits, the applicants sought to paint a picture of wide ranging irregularities in regard to the registration of voters. They said that more new voters had been registered in certain wards than was feasible given the stability of the population in those wards and the absence of any significant influx of new residents. They relied upon a statement by an unidentified whistle-blower that some 2100 voters from other wards had been registered to vote in all of the affected wards as well as in two others. The documents received by Mr Kham from the IEC, consisting of copies of voter registration forms,14 were said, on analysis, to support the proposition that voters who did not reside in these wards had been permitted to register there. [12] Mr Kham complained that the analysis of these forms was logistically difficult, as the applicants lacked sophisticated facilities, manpower and resources to analyse 12 As a result the requirements of section 20(1)(b) of the Electoral Act 73 of 1998 were not satisfied. 13 The voting figures were as follows: 14 Ward 13: Second applicant received 373 votes and the successful candidate 844. Ward 20: Third applicant received 346 votes and the successful candidate 543. Ward 4: Fourth applicant received 450 votes and the successful candidate 1064. runner-up polled 1022 votes. Ward 12: Fifth applicant received 106 votes and the successful candidate 1206. Ward 1: Sixth applicant received 253 votes and the successful candidate 1144. Ward 11: Seventh applicant received 96 votes and the successful candidate 655. Six boxes of registration forms for various wards were delivered to him. 7 The