ZESN Report on the 31 July 2013 Harmonised Elections   Unavailability of the voters’ roll and other  key election materials timeously brings into question the fairness of an election. The use of voter registration slips led to speculation about the authenticity of the slips.  ZEC should be solely responsible for all electoral processes, particularly the voter registration processes.     Final lists of the voters’ roll must be released well in advance in electronic and hard copy format to allow the electorate to inspect the roll and any stakeholders interested in auditing it. ZESN recommends the use of a supplementary voters’ roll and desist from using the voter registration slips. ZEC needs to start working on the operationalization of the polling station voters’ roll using the 2013 voter information gathered from the polling stations which is easy to compile and increases transparency in the voter registration process. Making the polling station voters roll biometric will also increase transparency. In addition, the voters’ roll should be accessible to party agents so that as people vote they are also able to cross out people who would have voted thus increasing transparency. The voters roll needs to be posted at polling stations before the election during the registration to enable ease of inspection. The voter registration process has to be standardized according to regional and international minimum standards.  Adequate voter education cannot be  comprehensively conducted by the electoral management body (ZEC) alone and should be conducted well in time to ensure that the electorate makes informed decisions.  Voter education must be done by ZEC and other interested parties, such as NGOs, should conduct voter education to ensure comprehensive information is delivered and geographically covers all areas of the country adequately. There must be a clear distinction between the terms civic education, voter education and voter information so that stakeholders, particularly civil society, can be sure of what they can say and teach.  Re-alignment and implementation of new  electoral provisions should be prepared for adequately and done in time by the election management body to avoid chaos (e.g. those that characterised the special voting  exercise). Publishing a final list of polling stations has to be done earlier to allow the electorate and any stakeholders to scrutinize their distribution note of their locations. The methodology, of special voting particularly the logistical aspects of special voting needs to be rreviewed to ensure the participation by every 75 | P a g e