2016
GENERAL LAWS AMENDMENT
(k)
No.3
no fee or charge is levied for the provision of voter education or voter
education materials.".
8. In section 51 ("Polling stations") is amended-
(a)
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 detennine,
as many polling stations as it may consider to be necessary for the
purposes of conveniently taking a poll of the voters of that constituency:
Provided that the Commission(i) shall establish a sufficient number of polling stations in
each ward of the constituency concerned;
(ii) shall receive from political parties contesting the election
concerned any representations on the issue of the location
of polling stations in any constituency, and may give
directions on this matter to any provincial elections
officer, district elections officer or constituency elections
officer on the basis of such representations.";
(b)
in subsection (3) by the deletion of"A constituency elections officer" and
"and in such other manner as he or she thinks fit" and the substitution
of "The Commission" and "and in such other manner as it thinks fit"
respectively.
9. By the repeal of section 52 and the substitution of-
"52 Provision of requisites and officers for purpose of poll
( 1) For any election the Commission shall ensure that every
constituency elections officer is provided with polling booths or voting
compartments and ballot boxes, and shall provide papers, including
ballot papers, instruments for marking ballot papers with the official
mark, seals and other necessary things and shall do such other acts and
things and make such arrangements to facilitate the taking of the poll
as the Commission may consider advisable for effectively conducting
the election, and the expenditure incurred upon all such acts and things
shall be charged upon and paid out of the funds of the Commission, or,
to the extent of any insufficiency of the funds of the Commission for this
purpose, the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
(2) Where two or more elections are to be held concurrently in a
constituency, the Commission shall ensure that the constituency elections
officer concerned is provided with separate ballot boxes for each such
election.".
10. In section 72 ("persons who may vote by post")(a)
in the introductory words by the deletion of "outside Zimbabwe";
(b)
in paragraph {b) by the insertion after "the Government" of "outside
Zimbabwe";
(c)
by the repeal of paragraph (c) and the substitution of"(c) outside Zimbabwe as the spouse of a person referred to in
paragraph (b);".
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