The body that is supposed to organise the elections and ensure that they are free and fair is the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). The electoral reforms have not changed the composition of ZEC and it continues to be headed by a senior ex - army officer, Justice Chiweshe, who is a staunch supporter of the ruling party. ZEC’s handling of the 2005 election process was criticised, and with good reason. When the results in 30 constituencies came in, there were major discrepancies between ZEC’s official pronouncements on the number of votes cast and the final totals accorded to each candidate. These discrepancies have never been explained. For the 2005 elections ZEC’s chairperson also headed a separate delimitation commission. Opposition parties complained that the delimitation commission redrew the boundaries in a manner designed to give the ruling party a distinct advantage. ZEC’s handling of the 2008 process has also attracted heavy criticism. The way in which ZEC carried out the delimitation process smacked of gerrymandering in favour of the ruling party. The delimitation exercise was hurriedly conducted very close to the elections. The final delimitation report was published only a few days after the date for the holding of the Nomination Court had been set, leaving opposition parties little time to decide upon their candidates for the various constituencies. This was exacerbated by the fact that there were 60 new constituencies and significant changes to the existing ones. No time was given to Parliament to debate the report before the President officially published it. There has been also been much criticism of its preparations for the 2008 elections. Although ZEC is supposed to be in charge of the registration of voters, the office of the Registrar-General of voters has carried out the whole process. The Registrar-General is a fervent supporter of the ruling party and has repeatedly been accused of displaying blatant bias when carrying out his duties. The recent voter registration exercise was selective and fairly chaotic and was carried out in a manner designed to maximise the registration of ruling party supporters and to minimise the registration of opposition supporters. In the past the voters’ roll has been highly inaccurate and the ZEC chairperson has brushed aside allegations that the current voters roll is still very inaccurate. There has been no independent audit of the roll. Under the electoral reforms, ZEC is not supposed to engage any military personnel in any administrative capacities. However, there are numerous exmilitary officers in key election management and administrative positions and a serving army officer now heads a provincial office of ZEC. These persons are 14