o ZEC should consider adding to the regulations, provisions for the display of the provisional and final updated voters’ rolls outside of registration centers and polling stations. o The Regulations should list persons allowed to be in the registration centres during the registration centres e.g. voter registration officers, members of the Commission, voter registration political party agents, duly accredited observers and media practitioners. o The Electoral Regulations should clearly specify whether citizens with national identity documents with the classification ‘alien’ will be eligible to register. o The Regulation should unpack the Section 67 (3) of the Constitution which provides for the right to vote by all eligible Zimbabweans. They should provide for how all classes of registered voters should cast their vote including those not in their constituencies. o Mechanisms should be provided for in the Regulations to ensure that prisoners, those in hospitals especially hospital staff, nurses and doctors, police, election officials and others who will be on duty on Election Day can exercise their right to vote. o The Regulations should specify how individuals who are privy to postal voting will be registered as voters. o The Regulations should clearly specify the role of ICTs in the voter registration process and data security mechanisms to ensure the privacy of personal information. o The Regulations should provide mechanisms for the electorate to check their registration status e.g. through the integration of SMS systems into the voters’ roll to enable citizens to verify their registration status via SMS or secure web based applications. o In order to instill trust in the process the Regulations should stipulate penalties for offences by voter registration staff relating to visibility, forgery, falsification and fraudulent destruction of voter registration materials e.g. Voter registration kits, computers or any other equipment. o In addition, issues of forced entries, possession of forged or false documents or refusal to leave premises when required, intimidation, violence and threats to eligible voters should all be addressed in the Regulations with specified punitive measures. o The Regulations should provide for clear roles of political party agents and observers for each registration centre within the polling district for the purpose of enhancing transparency, trust, confidence and accountability in the process. 9|Page