ZESN Report on the 31 July 2013 Harmonised Elections Table: 7 Province Ballots unclaimed Manicaland 990 Harare 5,414 2 9,528 Bulawayo 211 860 1,303 Mash Central 641 3,121 Mash East 232 4,126 Mash West 285 2,743 Mat South 691 1,270 Mat North 983 3,998 Midlands 80 Masvingo 349 Total Ballots unused Ballots voted 3,383 20 envelopes without ballots 1,951 4108 35,531 ZEC then issued a notice indicating that those who had been unable to vote on special voting day would be allowed to do so on Election Day. This was a violation of section 81B (2) of the Electoral Act, prohibiting those who had the chance to vote in the special voting exercise from voting on Election Day. On Tuesday, 23 July, ZEC applied to the Constitutional Court for leave to allow those who could not vote on July 14 and 15 to vote on Election Day. On 26 July, the court granted the relief sought by ZEC, citing section 67 of the Constitution, which grants the right to vote to every citizen of Zimbabwe. This effectively amended the law which stipulated that special voting could only be allowed to take place at least 14 days before polling day. On 14 July, The MDC-T filed an application to nullify the special vote on the grounds that the exercise had not protected the secrecy of the vote, which would compromise the outcome of the 31 July elections. On 19 July 2013, the High Court dismissed the application and maintained that the special vote remained valid. ZEC released a provisional list of polling stations three weeks in advance of the election with an increase in the number of polling stations from the last election relative to the increase in the number of voters. Following ZEC’s indication that final polling station locations would be released on Election Day, observer groups called on ZEC to release the final list earlier. On Sunday, 28 July ZEC published a final list 40 | P a g e