2.1. ZESN notes the new facility for removal of deceased or absent voters but recommends that incentives should be used to encourage relatives of deceased voters to notify the Commission to ensure their removal from the voters roll. In Mozambique, for example, they gave an incentive of a state-assisted burial if relatives assisted by notifying electoral authorities to delete their deceased relatives from the voters’ roll. 2.2. Alternatively or in addition, instead of relying solely on the relatives to ensure the removal of deceased or absent voters from the voters roll, there should be a legal requirement on relevant authorities that record deaths such as the Registrar General’s Office to give to the Commission monthly notifications of any deaths so that the Commission can automatically remove the deceased form the voters rolls upon such notification. This is the practice that is used in Mozambique. 3. Ward Voters Roll 3.1 The requirement to provide a constituency voters roll to candidates must be extended to also cover the provision of ward voters rolls There is no good reason why the requirement to provide free copies of the constituency voters roll to candidates does not extend to ward voters rolls. 4. Diaspora Vote 4.1 ZESN urges a reconsideration of the issue of the Diaspora vote with a view to upholding the Diaspora’s right to vote. Allowing the Diaspora to vote encourages broader participation in politics and helps the country retain the loyalty of tits citizens abroad. In doing so Zimbabwe would be following precedents already set in neighbouring countries like South Africa and Mozambique. The latter specifically mandates the electoral authorities to register Mozambicans living abroad so that they participate to fill the two seats reserved for the Diaspora. 5. Security Sector and Elections ZESN strongly urges the incorporation in the Bill of provisions that specifically prohibit senior 48