ZESN - Promoting Democratic Elections in Zimbabwe Recommendation Purpose Targeted Institutions 2. Voter Registration and Voters' roll 2.1 Amend the electoral law to instruct the ZEC to inform registrants who are removed from the roll. To fully align electoral laws with the Constitution Parliament of Zimbabwe, The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission 2.2 Notify persons that are put on the exclusion list and provide a less cumbersome provisions for redress. To provide effective remedy to the category of voters who are put on the exclusion list. Parliament of Zimbabwe, The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission 2.3 Amend the electoral law to ensure that it provides a specific timeframe for the final voters' roll to be availed to the political contestants. To enhance transparency in electoral processes. To ensure that the voters' roll is given to political parties before the sitting of the nomination court. Parliament of Zimbabwe, The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission 2.4 Facilitate ease of registration in urban areas in view of lowest registration statistics in Harare and Bulawayo in particular and urban areas in general compared to rural areas. To make registration rates in urban areas more consistent with official population projections. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission 2.5 Provide copies of the polling station voters' roll to party agents at the polling stations. To enhance transparency in electoral process. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission 2.6 Invest in procurement of integrated systems that allow for one gadget to be used for multiple purposes such as enrolling voters, voter verification on election day and transmission of results. To enhance the efficiency of voter registration and results transmission processes. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission 2.7 The results of the de-duplication process need to be publicized. To enhance transparency in the process of the compilation of the voters' roll. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission 2.8 ZEC to focus on continuous voter registration and cleaning of the voters' roll To improve the effectiveness of the voters' registration process and the quality of the voters' roll. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Purpose Targeted Institutions To ensure that Electoral district boundaries are drawn so that districts are relatively equal in population. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Recommendation 3. Delimitation 3.1 There is need to rationalize constituencies that are too big and those that are too small. 3.2 There should be stakeholder consultation on delimitation and the process needs to comply with international standards of equal voting strength, representativeness, and community of interest. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission 67 REPORT ON THE 30 JULY 2018 HARMONISED ELECTIONS ZESN

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