Voter registration: incentivising the voter

By Farai Chirimumimba Recent elections in Zimbabwe have been contentious with the voters roll narrative taking centre stage apart from the violence that has been witnessed. According to Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) report 2013 harmonised elections, ”past elections, successive audits of the voters’ roll done by civil society organisations have shown that the roll…

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Bungling Characterises Beginning of Voter Registration Exercise

By Wisdom Mumera The ongoing voter registration exercise begun by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Monday has been characterised by inefficiencies, shoddy service and myriad bungles that may undermine the project according to an election watchdog. The Election Resource Center (ERC) says the exercise, which follows adoption of Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) system as…

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