ZEC must consider establishing more registration centres in Harare and Bulawayo
for the continuous registration exercise to increase the numbers of registered
voters as the data indicates the lowest registration turnouts in these provinces.
There is need for the ZEC and CSOs to amplify its voter education efforts
particularly in Harare and Bulawayo since these provinces have the lowest
proportions of registered voters.
There is need to increase mobilisation efforts targeting groups that have, so far,
recorded low voter registration. These include the newly turned 18 (18-19), men
and those aged 50 and above.
Civil Society must complement ZECs efforts in the mobilisation of potential
registrants in the continuous BVR exercises ongoing at ZEC district offices.
ZEC must increase polling stations in constituencies with higher numbers of
registered voters’ to ensure that voters’ are not disenfranchised on Election Day.
The Government must avail adequate resources to the ZEC for the completion of
other voter registration processes such as deduplication, inspection, final cleaning
of the voters roll as well as its certification among other essential electoral
processes.
The ZEC should ensure transparency of these processes by putting in place
regulations and procedures for the de-duplication exercise and inspection of the
voters roll.
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