Section 7 Section 8 should be captured, in greater details, in relation to voters’ registration certificate. The voters registration certificate should specify the following information(a) the voter's last name, date of birth, national registration number and sex; and; (b) the ward, constituency, district, province and, in the case of polling station specific registration, the polling station in or for which the voter is registered. - On the transfer of the registration of a voter in terms of section 25 the voter shall be issued with a voters registration certificate by the voter registration officer of the constituency to which he or she has been transferred.". The Section amends section 40C that relates to, "Voter education by persons other than the Commission or political parties" by the repeal of paragraphs (i) and (j) and the substitution of"(i) the voter education materials used by the person and the course or programme of instruction in accordance with which the voter education is conducted are adequate, current, correct and not misleading or biased in favour of any political party; and (j) the voter education materials used by the person and the course or programme of instruction in accordance with which the voter education is conducted are furnished to the Commission for its scrutiny no later than twenty-eight days before they are intended to be used; and (k) no fee or charge is levied for the provision of voter education or voter education materials.". This Section amends the Principal Act In section 51 relating to Polling stations by the repeal of subsection (1) and the substitution of"(1) Subject to this section, the Commission shall in each constituency establish, at such convenient places as it may determine as many polling stations as it may consider to be - - - - - seems progressive as it ensures that there is authenticity in the documents that are held by a potential voter and plugs gaps of persons having documents that are not genuine. This same rationale applies with the requirement for a person to secure a registration certificate from the registration officer of the constituency the person has been transferred to. The procedure enhances transparency. The amendment to section 40C (1)(i) adds the words, ‘current’ and ‘correct’. The words are open to various interpretation. What is meant by current? This provision may be used to disqualify various voter education material on the basis that it is not current. The provision that such voter education material should be submitted for scrutiny opens further challenges of material being held at the Commission with no approval being given, or approval denied on flimsy grounds by the Commission This provisions is consistent with the principles set out in the Constitution that bestows the election management process with the Commission. It is commendable that the decisions of the Commission must take into account submissions from political parties contesting the election concerned and the representations made on the issue of

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