the substitution of, "the Commission." Question marks have previously been raised on the role of the Registrar General in election related processes. His credibility and neutrality has largely been tainted by his alleged bias to one party. The failure to furnish the voters’ roll in 2013 despite a court order directing him to do so, only served to confirm the suspicions on the role he played in elections. Clause 4 The clause seeks to repeal subsection 3,4 and 5 of Section 36B of the electoral Act by requiring every eligible voter to register to vote. By deleting any reference to his office and substituting it with the word, ‘Commission’ the act brings the provision into conformity with the Constitution which gives the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission the sole mandate to run elections, which is progressive. This amendment seeks to align the electoral provisions with the new voter registration system-the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) system. The clause introduces the requirement that every eligible voter (new and old) must register/re-register as a voter, using the new biometric-based system. This is a departure from the previous provisions where those already on the voters’ roll did not need to re-register. Every eligible must register whether as new voters or returning voters to enable ZEC to produce an entirely new voters’ roll based on the biometric voter registration system. This is progressive given the multiple problems and inaccuracies of the old voters’ roll. ZESN has previously highlighted the benefits of the BVR system based on comparative experiences gleaned from other jurisdictions where the system has been used. If deployed properly the BVR system can address some common problems from previous election processes such as the duplication of names and errors to the voters’ rolls as well as elimination of the phenomenon of double voting and ghost voting cases. The amendment made by clause 4 is deemed to have taken effect on the 14th of September 2017. This has been done to retrospectively legalise the voter registration that started on 5|Page AN ANALYSIS OF THE ELECTORAL AMENDMENT BILL ©ZESN 2017