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Two more days to fill in the necessary forms to be able to vote on election day. If any of you haven't joined the Facebook group, here's the most recent letter/message with voting details:

"3 DAYS LEFT!!!!" - Message from the DA — (24 February at 20:44)

Dear Friends,

Time is running out.

There are only three days left to submit your special vote applications to the IEC.

All applications must be submitted by midnight on 27 February 2009.

The DA is confident that our court application (http://www.da.org.za/docs/6450/Voting_Abroad-High_Court_Application.pdf) will be successful on 4 March and that South Africans who are living abroad, and who are on the voters roll, will win back their right to vote in the upcoming elections.

However, it is likely that the IEC will not grant another 15 day period to apply for a special vote after the Constitutional Court ruling on 4 March.

It is therefore vital that you apply for a special vote before midnight on 27 February so that you be will able to cast your vote at your foreign mission on 15 April.

If you have not applied for special vote yet we urge you to follow these quick and easy steps to apply:

Visit the DA’s Contribute to Change Global blog which keeps all South Africans abroad informed of news that affects you and your right to vote by clicking here: http://contributetochangeglobal.wordpress.com/.

Read the post by "How to apply for a special vote" (http://contributetochangeglobal.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/how-to-apply-for-a-special-vote-2/) in order to find out how to apply and to download the VEC10 form which you will need to apply

Read the post "Tips on how to fill in VEC10 form" (http://contributetochangeglobal.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/tips-on-how-to-fill-in-the-vec10-form/) in order to find out how to fill in the form correctly

Make sure you fax or post your form to the IEC before midnight on 27 February 2009 (fax and postal details are also on the DA’s C2C Global blog ).

It’s as simple as that.

The DA is committed to fighting for your right to the vote in the upcoming elections and we have therefore made it is as easy and convenient for you as possible to get your special vote application submitted before midnight on Friday.

In addition to submitting your own special vote application, help us spread the word. Pass this newsletter on to all of your South African family, friends and contacts living abroad so as to ensure that they also apply for a special vote and cc global@da.org.za when doing this so that we can inform everyone of the outcome of our court case on 4 March.

By taking a few minutes out of your day to forward this newsletter on to your South African family and friends living overseas, and to get your special vote application submitted, you will ensure that as many South Africans living temporarily abroad as possible will be able to exercise their constitutional right to vote in the 2009 upcoming elections in April.

Apply for a special vote before midnight on 27 February so that you can have your say in the future government of our country.

If you have any further queries regarding applying for a special vote or have problems sending your forms to the IEC please contact Tracé Venter, the DA’s overseas votes co-ordinator at cc global@da.org.za .

We will be sure to notify you of the outcome of our Constitutional Court case on 4 March and will also keep you posted on any other news that affects your right to vote.

Until then, all the best!

Kind regards

Helen Zille