THE Independent Electoral Commission said on Tuesday it has rejected from the provisional voters roll 296266 people that registered for the general election. Those rejected include 31327 people who are dead according to the population register, 39498 people with invalid identity documents, and 109441 people who are not South African citizens. IEC chief electoral officer Mandla Mchunu said that 18,045-million voters successfully registered — some 79% of the country’s 22,771-million eligible voters.