ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) “nomination day” means the day specified in terms of paragraph 2(1)(b) as the day on which nominations of candidates for election as President may be lodged with the Clerk of Parliament; “tally of votes” means a tally of votes in favour of a particular candidate conducted in terms of paragraph 7; “voting bloc” means a group of those members of the electoral college wishing to vote for a particular candidate, who are gathered in a part of the chamber indicated by the Chief Justice in terms of paragraph 7(1)(a). (2) Any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Standing Orders of the House of Assembly shall bear the same meaning when used in this Schedule. Notice of election day and nomination day 2.(1) Not later than fourteen days before election day, the Clerk of Parliament shall cause a notice to be published in the Gazette and in every newspaper circulating in the areas where Senators and members of the House of Assembly are resident— (a) announcing the date of election day and the time at which the electoral college will meet— (i) at the House of Assembly; or (ii) at such other place specified by the Clerk in the notice; on election day in order to elect a person to the office of President: Provided that the election day shall be fixed for a date no later than fourteen days before the expiry of the ninety-day period referred to in section 28(3)(b) of the Constitution; and (b) stating that nominations of candidates for election as President may be lodged with the Clerk of Parliament in terms of this Schedule during ordinary business hours up to four o’clock in the afternoon on the day specified in the notice, which day shall be not less than three and not more than fourteen days before election day. (2) The Clerk of Parliament may alter any date, time or venue referred to in subparagraph (1) and, if he or she does so, he or she shall cause notice of the altered dates or time to be given in accordance with that subparagraph. Qualifications and nomination of candidates 3.(1) In an election of a President in terms of section 112A each candidate shall be a person who— (a) is a citizen of Zimbabwe by birth or by descent; and (b) has attained the age of forty years; and (c) is ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe; and shall be nominated by not fewer than twenty-five persons, each of whom shall be a Senator or a member of the House of Assembly. (2) A candidate for election as President shall be nominated by means of a separate nomination paper in the form set out in the Appendix— - 111 -