4.1.6 Equal Access to the State Media There was a feeling amongst some Zimbabweans that there was inadequate access to media by other political parties. As one voter generally noted; ― there were only two political parties that were known and one that dominated the state media… and were deprived of information from other 19 or so political parties. Diagram 2 below shows voters' feelings in relation to media access during the 2018 Harmonized Election period. Diagram 2: Voters feelings on media coverage during Zimbabwe's 2018 Harmonized Elections As shown in Diagram 2 above, 50.37% felt the media was being fair in representing political parties. However, 41.1% of the voters who participated in the survey felt the media was not fair in its political coverage. This undermined Section 62(2) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.20) Act 201: ―Every person … has the right of access to any information held by any person, including the State, in so far as the information is required for the exercise or protection of a rightǁ. As a result some voters indicated knowledge deficit of political candidates as illustrated in the diagram below: Diagram 3: Voters' Awareness of Contesting Political Parties in their Areas 15