assessments of the voter registration process. For instance, information on gender, age and special needs groups’ disaggregation should be made available to stakeholders. 2. Inclusivity  Before the commencement of the process, ZEC should avail baseline data pertaining to how many voters are they targeting for the voter registration process to electoral stakeholders.  The Regulations should clearly spell out the eligibility criteria for potential voters for registration for instance restrictive requirements such as the proof of residence must be removed. Considerations must be provided for young voters who will turn 18 in 2018 and procedures for transfers of registration particulars such as residence.  The Regulations should make clear the nature and extent of linkage between the civil registry office and the voters’ roll in particular access to names of deceased persons and passive potential young voters who turn 18. 3. Recruitment and Appointment of Voter Registration staff  Before the commencement of the voter registration process, ZEC is required to recruit and appoint professional and adequate voter registration personnel such as voter registration coordinators at district, provincial and national level, voter registration officers, BVR kit operators, IT personnel and assistants.  The regulations should provide clear terms of references including competencies with emphasis on professional and ethical conduct of all electoral officers.  The Regulations should provide for the training of registration staff on all processes, procedures and laws pertaining to the compilation of the voters’ rolls before and during the voter registration process. 4. Compilation and updating of a new Voters’ Roll  The Electoral Regulations should specify the exact period for the compilation of the new national voters’ roll, the period for the updating, extension of updating period.  Provisions should be made in the Regulations with regards to the establishment of voter registration centres specifying the general locations where registration centres shall be established and not established e.g. army barracks or chiefs’ homesteads.  The procedures for voter registration inside the voter registration centre must be clearly spelt out in the Regulations.  Regulations should also stipulate refusals of register, amendment of particulars, reasons for deletion from the voters’ roll, procedures for updating and collating 3 Zimbabwe Election Support Network ©2016