. The Electoral Commission had managed elections for SRCs at universities, taxi associations and other institutions in South Africa and was also involved in international work in Kenya and Sudan; . The EC was conducting research on electronic voting and are developing a fraud prevention strategy; . During June and July 2010, no bi-elections would be held because law enforcement agencies would be busy with the 2010 FIFA World Cup; . For 2011 local government elections, the EC would train and deploy mediators; . The staff turnover had been very low at the EC; . There is currently a court case with POPCRU because there are no special votes for police officers during local elections; . The EC intended to have 23 599 273 registered voters on the voters' roll by the end of the financial year and checked this against the National Population Register of the Department of Home Affairs. There would be 20 500 voting stations secured and well equipped; . The Municipal Electoral Officers (MEOs) will be appointed for the elections by the EC. MEOs are nominated by the municipalities and they are senior officials of the municipalities.