The Constitutional Court has ruled that registered voters living overseas can vote for in the elections on April 22. South African citizens living abroad who are not yet registered will not be allowed to vote. Those who can vote must notify the chief electoral officer of their intention to vote by March 27, the court ordered.

Now that this judgment has been passed, how much of an impact will it have on the outcome of the votes come April 22? I guess it all depends on how many foreigners are out there and who are registered to vote. There is no clear indication yet of the exact number, with some saying it could just be a small handful of a few thousands with some thinking they may be in the hundreds of thousands.

It is no secret that a lot of South Africans have left South Africa in the last couple of years to go to Australia, New Zealand, the UK and USA with many of them leaving because they were not happy with being in South Africa. One could look at that as being their way of saying they are not happy with the ruling ANC party. That could just mean these people will not vote for the ANC. So with that said, the decision to allow foreign votes could be in favour of other parties besides the ANC. So the DA and Freedom Front parties maybe the winners of this ruling.

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