"UNSATISFIED" and "NOTHING" respectively. Diagram 13 below shows a
diagrammatic representation of respondents' ‗after registration feeling':
Diagram 13: Feelings after BVR registration
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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
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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
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