ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) (a) shall be signed, in respect of each province into which Zimbabwe is for the time being divided, by not fewer than ten persons who are registered on the voters rolls for constituencies within the province concerned; and (b) shall be countersigned with the acceptance of the candidate; and (c) may specify a distinctive symbol which the candidate wishes to appear on the ballot paper in conjunction with his or her name; and (d) may, if the candidate is to stand for or to be sponsored by any political party, specify that fact, together with the name of the political party and an abbreviation of such name which the candidate wishes to appear on the ballot paper; and (e) shall be accompanied by a passport-sized photograph of the candidate. (2) Where a nomination paper specifies matters referred to in paragraph (d) of subsection (1), the nomination paper shall be countersigned by a person who is an office-bearer of the political party concerned with authority to certify that the candidate is to stand for or to be sponsored by that political party. (3) Subject to this section, section forty-six shall apply, with any changes that may be necessary, in relation to the nomination of candidates for election to the office of President. 105 Deposit on nomination (1) At the same time as a nomination paper is lodged by or on behalf of a candidate for election as President, there shall be deposited with the Chief Elections Officer, by or on behalf of the person nominated, such sum as may be prescribed. (2) The sum referred to in subsection (1) shall be non-refundable and shall form part of the funds of the Commission. 106 Publication of names of Presidential candidates As soon as practicable after the day fixed for the sitting of a nomination court in terms of section 38(1)(a), the Chief Elections Officer shall cause to be published in the Gazette and in all newspapers of mass circulation in Zimbabwe the names of all candidates who have been validly nominated for election to the office of President. 107 Withdrawal of candidature (1) A nominated candidate for election as President may, by notice in writing addressed to the Chief Elections Officer, withdraw his or her candidature at any time before twenty-one days from the day or first day, as the case may be, on which the poll in an election to the office of President is to be taken. (2) On receipt of a notice of withdrawal in terms of subsection (1), the Chief Elections Officer shall cause the withdrawal to be published in the Gazette and in all newspapers of mass circulation in Zimbabwe. 108 When fresh nominations to be held Where— (a) no candidate for election as President has been validly nominated at the expiry of the time fixed for lodging nomination papers with the Chief Elections Officer; or (b) no candidate nominated for election as President is qualified in terms of subsection (1) of section 28 of the Constitution for election as President; or - 70 -