ELECTORAL ACT ____________________________________________________________________________________ (a) if no objection to the party-list candidate has been received or, having considered every objection received, it finds that there are no valid grounds for objecting to the candidature, notify the public by notice in the Gazette that the person nominated to fill the vacancy has been appointed as a Senator or member of the National Assembly (as the case may be) with effect from the date of the notice, giving the name, address and such other particulars of the person as it considers necessary in the interests of public information; or (b) having considered every objection received, and having found that there are valid grounds for objecting to the candidature, afford the political party concerned to make representations on the matter. [Subsection inserted by s. 15 of Act No. 6 of 2014] (8) If, having considered any representations of the political party received in terms of subsection (7)(b), the Commission is still of the view that there are valid grounds for objecting to the candidature, the Commission shall proceed in accordance with subsection (4)(a), and subsections (5), (6) and (7) shall thereafter apply until a qualified person is identified to fill the vacancy concerned. [Subsection inserted by s. 15 of Act No. 6 of 2014] PART IXA VOTER EDUCATION [Part IXA inserted by s. 13 of Act No. 3 of 2012] 40A Interpretation in Part IXA In this Part— “foreign contribution or donation” means a contribution or donation made by— (a) a person who is not a permanent resident or citizen of Zimbabwe domiciled in Zimbabwe; or (b) a company which is not incorporated in Zimbabwe or, if so incorporated, does not carry on business in Zimbabwe; or (c) any association of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated, that does not consist exclusively of permanent residents or citizens of Zimbabwe, domiciled in Zimbabwe; “local contribution or donation” means a contribution or donation that is not a foreign contribution or donation; “voter education” means any course or programme of instruction on electoral law and procedure aimed at voters generally and not offered as part of a course in law or civics or any other subject for students at an educational institution; “voter education materials” means printed, aural, visual or audio-visual materials intended for use in voter education. 40B Functions of Commission with respect to voter education (1) The Commission shall have the following functions with respect to voter education— (a) to provide adequate, accurate, gender sensitive and unbiased voter education; and [Paragraph substituted by s. 17 of Act No. 6 of 2018] (b) to ensure that voter education provided by other persons is adequate and not misleading or biased in favour of any political party and complies with the electoral code of conduct for political parties and candidates prescribed in the Fourth Schedule; and [Paragraph amended by s. 17 of Act No. 6 of 2018] (c) to ensure compliance otherwise by persons referred to in paragraph (b) with the provisions of section 40C(1). 52