ZESN - Promoting Democratic Elections in Zimbabwe Table of Contents 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 08 2 ABOUT ZESN 13 3 POLITICAL BACKGROUND 14 4 LEGAL FRAMEWORK 4.1 Universal and Regional Principles and Commitments 4.2 The Constitution 4.3 Electoral Act 4.4 Electoral System 4.5 Code of Conduct 4.6 Electoral Court Establishment 4.7 Presidential Petition 4.8 Legislative Developments 4.9 Some Legislative Gaps - Electoral Reform 4.10 De-Duplication 4.11 Voters Registration 4.12 Election Timetable 4.13 Delimitation 15 15 15 15 16 16 17 17 17 17 18 19 19 19 5 ELECTION ADMINISTRATION 5.1 Structure, Composition and Appointment 5.2 Appointment of new ZEC Chairperson 5.3 Structure of the Secretariat 5.4 Functions of the ZEC 5.5 Independence of ZEC 5.6 Observers in the 2018 Harmonized Elections 5.7 Observers' Accreditation 5.8 Postal Voting 20 20 20 20 20 21 22 22 23 6 VOTER REGISTRATION 6.1 Qualifications for Registration 6.2 The Right to Vote 6.3 Non- Compliance with Right to Vote 6.4 Compliance with the Right to Vote 6.5 Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) 6.6 Mop-Up Voter Registration Exercise 6.7 Inspection of the Voters' Roll 6.8 De-duplication Process 6.9 Voters' Roll 24 24 24 25 25 25 26 26 27 28 7 ANALYSIS OF THE FINAL VOTERS' ROLL 7.1 Distribution of Registered Voters by Age 7.2 Duplicates Cases in the Final Voters' Roll 7.3 Comparison of the Final Voters' roll with ZIMSTAT Census Data and Projections 30 30 31 31 8 VOTER EDUCATION 8.1 ZEC Voter Education 35 35 9 POLITICAL PARTIES 9.1 Political Parties Primary Elections 9.2 Nomination Court Proceedings 37 37 37 2 REPORT ON THE 30 JULY 2018 HARMONISED ELECTIONS ZESN