ls that she had died 12 years ago and could not apply for the barcoded ID as a result. Voters must have the new barcoded IDs to cast ballots in parliamentary elections which President Nelson Mandela said on Friday would be held between May 18 and 27. "The officials told me that I should go to the police station to sort this out, but if the births and deaths department cannot prove I am alive, how will the police?", the paper quoted her as saying. The paper said that officials were investigating the matter.