no complaints from any of the police officers that participated in the postal vote to the effect that they were not allowed to mark their ballots in secret and in the manner that they wished. Similarly, there are no affidavits placed before the court by the applicant from affected voters showing that there was a coercive process by which the voter was made to vote other than by secret ballot and for a candidate(s) other than a candidate of his/her choice. 20.4. Further, a challenge to the postal voting process for the 2018 general election has previously been taken before the Electoral Court by the applicant’s party the MDC-Alliance in the matter of Movement for Democratic-Change v Zimbabwe Electoral Commission & The Commissioner-General Zimbabwe Republic Police EC01/18. That application was dismissed as the applicant failed to put any evidence before the court in the form of affidavits by affected voters showing that the postal voting process had been compromised and, therefore, ought to be invalidated. The grounds for the dismissed challenge are the same as those taken up by the applicant in the present matter and the absence of evidence is the same. 21. Ad Para 4.5.32- 4.5.33 This is denied. 21.1. The process of collation and verification of the presidential election results was done transparently, and the applicant’s agents, Mr. Morgan Komichi and Mr. Jameson Timba had full access to the results collation room at the Electoral Commission’s national command centre.

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