ELECTORAL ACT
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(d) every person on the list must be registered as a voter or must not be disqualified under
the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution for registration as a voter; and
(e) four of the persons on the list must be nominated by the National Disability Board
itself.
(3) Immediately after (or at any time before) being called upon by the Commission to draw
up a provisional list of Electoral College delegates, the Minister, in consultation with the
Minister responsible for administering Disabled Persons Act [Chapter 17:01] shall by notice in
a statutory instrument prescribe the names and other relevant particulars of any of the following
associations or institutions which may submit in the prescribed form proposed nominations of
Electoral College delegates—
(a) any association registered under Private Voluntary Organisations Act [Chapter 17:05]
whose constitution mandates it to assist in any way persons with a disability of any
description;
(b) any educational, philanthropic or health institution recognised by the Ministry
responsible for education or the Ministry responsible for health as being an institution
that provides services or assistance to persons with a disability of any description;
(c) any trust not registered under Private Voluntary Organisations Act [Chapter 17:05] but
constituted under a notarial deed of trust which—
(i) mandates the trustees to assist in any way persons with a disability of any
description; and
(ii) has operated in Zimbabwe in pursuance of the foregoing mandate for at least
twelve months before the convocation of the Electoral College for Persons with
a Disability.
(4) The prescribed form referred to in subsection (3) must require the prescribed association
or institution—
(a) to nominate four (two women and two men)Electoral College delegates, in the case of
an association referred to in subsection (3)(a)), or two (one woman and one
man)Electoral College delegates, in the case of an institution or trust referred to in
subsection (3)(b) or (c); and
(b) to furnish sufficient particulars about the person or persons so nominated to enable the
Commission to ascertain whether the proposed participant qualifies to be an Electoral
College participant; and
(c) contain a declaration by or on behalf of the proposed nominee that he or she agrees to
be so nominated, signed by the nominee or by the authorised representative of the
nominating association or institution.
Constitution and meeting of Electoral College for Persons with a Disability
3.(1) On a prescribed date the Commission shall, through one or more of its
Commissioners, meet with the chairperson or deputy chairperson of the National Disability
Board (or, in the absence of both of the foregoing, any member of the National Disability Board
nominated by the chairperson) to—
(a) jointly scrutinise the provisional list of Electoral College delegates to ensure
compliance with the requirements of section 45A(2); and
(b) delete from the list any person not so compliant to arrive at a final list of Electoral
College delegates; and
(c) agree on a time, venue and programme for, and the quorum for, and procedure and
method of voting at, the meeting of the Electoral College for Persons with a Disability:
Provided that whatever voting method is agreed for the purposes of this
paragraph shall be simple, accurate, verifiable, secure and transparent and otherwise
comply with the principles of democratic elections set out in section 3 and in section
155 of the Constitution.
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