Generally, based on experiences from other countries, information that is needed when delimiting is ‘Population data’ and maps. Population data can be from a census or voter registration exercise, and is required to ensure that the constituencies created have equal numbers of people. This must relate to specific geographic areas, and be as accurate and up-to-date as possible. Maps are needed to ensure that only contiguous geographic population units are assigned to districts. Political data - being election results tabulations of votes for candidates and ballot measures from previous elections by voting area – also allows line drawers to produce a political profile of proposed districts and to predict, to some degree and reflect on the partisan implications of a redistricting plan. The Constitution considers population data in the form of a census to be critical in determining electoral boundaries. Once a census has been conducted, delimitation must be done as soon as possible thereafter. The last delimitation was done in 2008, while a census was conducted in 2012 before the Constitution was adopted. This data can easily change depending on the growth rate within a certain place and quickly become obsolete, due to the push and pull factors within the constituencies and the rural urban divide. Other factors requiring close attention provided in section 161 of the Constitution, relate to the geographical distribution of voters and community of interest between registered voters. At the moment, the state of the voters’ roll is unknown, and it very likely that there have not been any significant improvement to its shambolic state as admitted by the ZEC Chairperson before the 2013 elections. It has been very heavily contested with its accuracy being challenged by various stakeholders within civil society and opposition political parties. It has also not been accessible for meticulous auditing. Provisions of the Electoral Act on voter registration have also not been fully aligned to the Constitution. 4.2 Electoral Act provisions on delimitation of boundaries The Electoral Act elaborates on the mandate of ZEC to conduct delimitation and is also supposed to provide for voter registration processes and other related election issues. Since the coming into force of the Constitution, the Electoral Act has been amended two times. According to section 37A of the Electoral Act, the delimitation of 13 | P a g e