The court also stated that Braille was impractical as levels of braille literacy are low amongst those with visual impairments. While the Electoral Act makes provision for assisted voting, it is clear from the Mateta case that more can be done to ensure PWDs can vote in secret. For instance the electoral law should have made provisions for the declaration of any disability upon registration; this would have greatly assisted ZEC in the provision of requisite logistics for PWDs. 15 ELECTION DAY AND POST-ELECTION PERIOD A) Election Day Election Day Observation Methodology Following the invitation of the ZEC, ZESN deployed 7240 Short Term Observers (STOs) to observe the 2018 harmonised elections which were held on 30 July 2018. ZESN STOs were deployed in each of the country’s 1958 wards, and at different results collation centres (Ward and Constituency Collation Centres) and at the ZEC Provincial and National Command Centres. In addition, ZESN deployed 420 mobile observers who served a dual role of observing the environment around polling stations and providing relevant support to STOs. ZESN also deployed observers to 750 randomly sampled polling stations throughout the country. Voter turnout on Election Day in most parts of the country was recorded to be high. According to ZEC, the final turnout for the 2018 harmonised elections was 82.5% nationwide. Prior to the election, ZEC had indicated that under the polling station-based voting system, each polling station would have a threshold of 1,000 voters leading to the creation of extra polling stations where the numbers exceeded the threshold. The challenge was that the Commission did not adequately publicize the mechanisms in place to divide voters into the extra polling stations. This meant that there was a possibility of voters who were not aware of the extra polling stations turning up at the wrong polling stations on the Election Day. On Election Day, there were rampant reports on social media questioning the quality of the indelible marker ink that was being used to mark voters, with some suggesting that the ink could be easily erased using Colgate and acetone. However, these claims were not substantiated and proved to be untrue as voting proceeded. Opening and set up of the Polling Stations 78 | P a g e