"UNSATISFIED" and "NOTHING" respectively. Diagram 13 below shows a diagrammatic representation of respondents' ‗after registration feeling': Diagram 13: Feelings after BVR registration ● ● ● It is curious to realize that 4.6% respondents who were "Unsatisfied" were part of 6.5% of voters mentioned above who waited for more than an hour in the queue for the BVR process. This means that their responses were influenced by the time they waited in the long queues. Most respondents who were "Happy and Excited" after registration had to wait an average of 12 minutes in the queue. The conclusion therefore is that it was much faster and convenient for voters to participate in the BVR process earlier. Long queues that formed towards the end of the BVR process resulted in long waiting time. A recommendation can be made that, for ease of registering in the coming elections, the earlier voters register the better the service they receive and the less time they would spend waiting in the waiting time. 4.3 Voters' Roll Transparency ZEC should have exercised extreme transparency by making the voters' roll available to all political parties before the sitting of the Nomination Court as explicitly cited in the Electoral Act (Chapter 2:13) Section 21(4). Section 155(2)(c) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act 2013 further states that candidates contesting in the elections must have reasonable access to all materials and information necessary for them to participate effectively, including a voters' roll in its final form. Failure to avail voters' roll before the sitting of the Nomination Court raised eyebrows on the transparency and accountability issues. 4.4 Conclusions ● There is inbuilt fear amongst many people. This has continued to affect their political choices whenever there are elections. Gukurahundi of the 1980s has not been forgotten. The political violence of 2008 is repeated and promised whenever there are elections. Once the electorate is 23

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