110 (b) eight other members appointed by the President from a list of not fewer than twelve nominees submitted by the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders. (2) The chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission must be a judge or former judge or a person qualified for appointment as a judge. (3) If the appointment of a chairperson to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is not consistent with a recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission, the President must cause the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders to be informed as soon as practicable. (4) Members of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission must be citizens of Zimbabwe and chosen for their integrity and experience and for their competence in the conduct of affairs in the public or private sector. (5) Members of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission are appointed for a six-year term and may be re-appointed for one further term, but no person may be appointed to or serve on the Commission after he or she has been a member for one or more periods, whether continuous or not, that amount to twelve years. 12.8 Functions of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has the following functions— (a) to prepare for, conduct and supervise— (i) elections to the office of President and to Parliament; (ii) elections to provincial or metropolitan councils and the governing bodies of local authorities; (iii) elections of the President of the Senate and the Speaker; (iv) elections of members of the Councils of Chiefs established by section 14.6; and (v) referendums; and to ensure that those elections and referendums are conducted efficiently, freely, fairly, transparently and in accordance with the law; (b) to register voters, or to supervise the registration of voters by the authority charged with that responsibility, as may be provided under the Electoral Law; (c) to compile voters’ rolls and registers, or to supervise the compilation of those rolls and registers by the authority charged with that responsibility, as may be provided under the Electoral Law; (d) to ensure the proper custody and maintenance of voters’ rolls and registers; (e) to delimit constituencies, wards and other electoral boundaries; (f) to design, print and distribute ballot papers, approve the form of and procure ballot boxes, and establish and operate polling centres; (g) to conduct voter education; (h) to accredit observers of elections and referendums;

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