6.4
Compliance with the Right to Vote ............................................................................................. 34
6.5
Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) ............................................................................................ 35
6.6
Mop-Up Voter Registration Exercise .......................................................................................... 36
6.7
Inspection of the Voters’ Roll...................................................................................................... 37
6.8
De-duplication Process ............................................................................................................... 38
6.9
Voters’ Roll .................................................................................................................................. 39
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ANALYSIS OF THE FINAL VOTERS’ ROLL ............................................................................................. 41
7.1
Distribution of Registered Voters by Age ................................................................................... 41
7.2
Duplicates Cases in the Final Voters’ Roll ................................................................................... 43
7.3
Comparison of the Final Voters’ roll with ZIMSTAT Census Data and Projections ..................... 43
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VOTER EDUCATION ............................................................................................................................ 49
8.1
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ZEC Voter Education ................................................................................................................... 50
POLITICAL PARTIES ............................................................................................................................. 51
9.1
Political Parties Primary Elections ............................................................................................... 51
9.2
Nomination Court Proceedings ................................................................................................... 52
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PRE-ELECTION ENVIRONMENT AND ELECTION CAMPAIGNS ....................................................... 58
10.1
Pre-Election Environment ........................................................................................................... 58
10.2
Election Campaigns ..................................................................................................................... 61
10.3
Funding of Political Parties.......................................................................................................... 63
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11.1
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CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION IN THE 2018 HARMONIZED ELECTIONS ....................................... 64
CSOs Election Situation Room..................................................................................................... 66
MEDIA AND ELECTIONS .................................................................................................................. 67
12.1
Legal Framework governing the conduct of actors in the media industry ................................. 68
12.2
Media Environment .................................................................................................................... 69
12.3
Electoral Coverage ...................................................................................................................... 70
12.4
Online Media............................................................................................................................... 72
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WOMEN AND ELECTIONS ............................................................................................................... 73
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PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ......................................................................................................... 76
15
ELECTION DAY AND POST-ELECTION PERIOD ................................................................................ 78
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ZESN’S SAMPLE BASED OBSERVATIONRESULTS............................................................................ 92
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POST-ELECTION ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................................... 93
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RESULTS .......................................................................................................................................... 95
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