• Provide for a voter registration model that promotes confidence amongst stakeholder 4. Voter Education: Your petitioners submit that the legislative framework must provide for a voter education framework that is continuous, and provide mechanisms that give life to this principle; and must ensure that the participation of Civic Society Organisations (CSOs) is guaranteed, and not left to the discretion of the ZEC. The legal framework must ensure that such voter education and the materials are accessible to people living with disabilities including those visually impaired. 5. The Right to Vote: While the right to vote is recognised, the Electoral Law must ensure that the right is recognised and enjoyed by Zimbabweans at home and abroad. In consequence your petitioners submit that the Electoral Law must make explicit provision for the right to vote by: • • • Zimbabweans in the Diaspora Zimbabweans in prison Zimbabweans in hospital especially hospital staff, nurses and doctors who will be on duty on Election Day 6. The Electoral Court: Your petitioners have grave reservations about the constitutional compliance of the Electoral Court as currently constituted, and submit that it be re-constituted in line with the letter and spirit of section 183 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe which states that “…a person must not be appointed as a judicial officer of more than one court”. • The Electoral Court must also be decentralised to ensure its accessibility. 7. Election observers: Your petitioners submit that, in keeping with the letter and spirit of ensuring the independence of the Electoral Management Body (EMB) in administering electoral matters, • • The invitation of observers must be de-linked from the Executive, in particular, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and be the exclusive domain of the EMB, and The Observers Accreditation Committee established by the Electoral Act must be an independent body, in keeping with the independence of the EMB. It 5