intensive process that requires enormous levels of support from the state and other donors and the sooner it is done the better. • However, since there is provision for transferring already registered voters and since also continuous registration is not interrupted, one way around this problem of timing would be to encourage all unregistered voters to do so meanwhile and for those who think they are registered to confirm that they are so that if and when the proclamation is made, automatic transfer of registered voters to a new roll will be expedited. Voters must also be encouraged to make use of the new Section 36B to ensure the removal of deceased or absent voters who are still registered on the voters roll. In some countries there are incentives for voters to notify the electoral authorities to remove deceased voters from the roll. In Mozambique, for example, they gave an incentive of a state-assisted burial if relatives assisted in deleting their deceased relatives from the voters’ roll. • It is suggested that instead of relying solely on the relatives to ensure the removal of deceased or absent voters, there should be legal provisions requiring relevant authorities 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. This is the practice that is used in Mozambique. • It is clear that even in the event of a new voter registration exercise, Zimbabweans living abroad (the Diaspora) are still not covered. Zimbabwe is lagging behind its counterparts, such as South Africa and Mozambique, where Diaspora vote has been recognised legislatively and judicially. The Constitutional Court in South Africa upheld the right of registered voters living abroad to be permitted to vote in national elections. Mozambique is a step further, actually requiring the state to put in place measures to register voters in the Diaspora. Before the 2004 and 2009 elections, Mozambique took active measures to register voters in countries where there is a significant Mozambican population – this included regional countries like South Africa and Zimbabwe and also overseas in countries like Portugal and Germany. Mozambique has the further incentive of 6