The Independent Electoral Commission appoints officials in every ward to organize the voting station, conduct the voting, count the ballots and report the results to the head office. On Wednesday 18 May 2011- Municipal election day I, as a party agent, was privileged to observe the ballot counting at a particular Stellenbosch ward. The chief electoral officer of the ward, a woman, efficiently and tirelessly led the team of officials from 5am to 11pm on voting day. She was, as a DA party agent pointed out, the exact example of transformational leadership- the type of woman that people are increasingly looking to for community leadership.