Comparison: Zimstats Projections and Actual 1,600,000 1,400,000 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000 - Total Registered to Date(Phase 1,2,3,4,& mop Up) Provincial ZIMSTATS 2018 Projected Voter Population Figure 2: Comparison of Provincial ZIMSTATS 2018 projected Voter Population & Actual persons registered Turned Away ZEC reports that as of 7 February 2018, the number of persons turned away since the commencement of the exercise stood at 7,908. This figure represents slightly over 2 percent of people that presented themselves to register during the BVR Mop up exercise. The reasons include citizens classified as Aliens, who did not have long birth certificates, citizens with defaced and photocopied Identity documents. This number would have been reduced drastically if the Registrar General implemented a deployment plan for its mobile teams that was in sync with the itinerary of the ZEC BVR registration Blitz. Continuous Voter registration While ZESN appreciates efforts by the Government to avail resources for a BVR Mop exercise, it is clear that judging by the turnout in urban areas, there is still a large number of people that were not be served by 17.00 hours on 08 February 2018, when the Mop up exercise ended. From the reports received from ZESN observers, it is evident that more people registered at the registration centers located at the sub-district level as compared to those who registered at the 63 districts centers. One of the key reasons for this trend is that registration centers at sub-district level are more conveniently located than those at the district level. On 8 February 2018, which was the last day of the BVR mop up exercise, several district and sub district centers registered large numbers of people and had to close late owing to the high turnout. For instance Kuwadzana 2 high school closed at 17.50 hours after registering 265 people, Zimbabwe Hall in Highfied East closed at 20.30 hours after registering 432 people and turning away 50 people in the queue due to poor lighting, and the center at Rememberance in Mbare closed at 21.30 hours after registering 465 people, At Harare Townhouse, the center closed at 20.21 hours after registering 1,555 people (this figure represents data from only 11 of the 17 kits that were deployed at the center on the last day.) 3|Page