There is no discernible pattern of political bias when considering the number of people per constituency by province. It requires significantly more people to constitute a constituency in Harare Province than any other province. There are 16% more adults on average in each Harare constituency, than the average number of adults in the constituencies in the Mashonaland Provinces (see Table 11). This suggests a gerrymandering against the MDC-T stronghold of Harare Province. Yet the Bulawayo provinces, also strongholds of the MDC formations, require 12% less adults than the Mashonaland provinces to comprise a constituency. Table 11: Average of adults per constituency per Province Constituency Harare Mash Central Mash East Mash West Bulawayo Manicaland Masvingo Mat north Mat South Midlands Totals Adult Population 1,091,063 587,313 695,271 753,968 340,951 912,600 773,034 386,813 356,224 843,688 6,740,925 Seats 29 18 23 22 12 26 26 13 13 28 210 Average 37,623 32,629 30,229 34,271 28,413 35,100 29,732 29,755 27,402 30,132 31,528 Miscellaneous Oddities Several other oddities, which may be symptomatic of a larger problem, are worth noting:    There are numerous reports from people indicating that their names appear on the voters roll even though they have never registered to vote.30 The suffixes of the national registration numbers of 44 000 voters have been altered on the roll. These voters thus may encounter difficulties with overbureaucratic officials who could insist on an exact match with ID discs. Some married women have noted that, without their consent, their surnames have been changed on the roll to the surname of their husbands. This may also cause problems when presenting IDs at the polling stations. Summary The compilation of the voters roll is always a moving target. Old voters die and new voters are added. The voters’ roll can thus never meet the ideal indicated at the outset. However, the gap between the ideal and the actual should be kept within reasonable limits if the electoral process is to be deemed fair and credible. The statistics presented here show: 1. That there are nearly 2 000 000 potential voters aged under 30 who are unregistered. 2. That there are well over 1 000 000 people on the roll who are either deceased or departed. 3. That 63 constituencies have more registered voters than inhabitants. 30 Some 74 appear on the site https://zimbabweelections.crowdmap.com/reports at last count. Two of the ten members of staff at RAU have relatives on the roll that have never registered to vote, one of whom has a 00 suffix on his registration card indicating alien status and who left Zimbabwe many years ago. 14