schedule that ZEC availed to stakeholders the registration centers in question should have been set up during Phase 3. Examples include some centers in Mhondoro- Mubaira Ward 5 where some centres scheduled to be set in Phase 4 were actually set up in phase 3. On the other hand, some registration centers in Zvimba South were set up to receive registrants in phase 2 instead of phase 3. It is imperative that changes whenever they occur be publicized timeously in order to avoid confusion among potential registrants and election stakeholders such as observers and political parties who may be mobilizing their supporters to register. Recommendations 1. ZEC should avail disaggregated data categorizing registrants by geographic location (ward, district, constituency, and province); sex, and age, among other things. 2. ZEC and ZHRC should investigate cases of intimidation which include, the recording of serial numbers on registration slips of voters of registrants. 3. Changes to the location of registration centers need to be made known to all stakeholders, including the public, ahead of time. 4. ZEC should extent the BVR process to accommodate ‘aliens’ who are now eligible to register and deliberately target places such as farms and mines where these people normally reside. 5. ZEC should convene a meeting with electoral stakeholders in order to jointly review the progress made and challenges encountered during the voter registration exercise so far to allow for appropriate adjustments to be effected. 6. Due to the rather low turnout ZEC has, to date, only managed to register over 50% of its target, ZESN therefore recommends that the Commission consider extending the voter registration period to allow for more citizens to be registered. 7. The Registrar General should also extend the mobile National Identity Documents registration exercise to match the same period covered by the ZEC voter registration exercise. PROMOTING DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS IN ZIMBABWE ZESN Chairperson Mr Andrew Makoni: +263772234891 ZESN Director Mrs Rindai Chipfunde Vava: +263712415902 zesn2011@zesn.net, info@zesn.net Facebook: Zimbabwe Election Support Network |Twitter: @ZESN1