a cell register was used to verify voting even if the names did not appear in the voters’
roll. In Matebeleland South Province it was also noted that the ZANU PF cell registers
were tampered with as some names appeared more than once. In Mashonaland West
Province, allegations of tampering with the voters roll were rife and accusations were
made against candidates. Also, in Harare North Constituency, there were allegations
of cell registers from Art Farm (which was stated to be belonging to the Mt Pleasant
Constituency), being used in Harare North, whilst the registered residents in the
Constituency had their names missing. This resulted in the voting process being
stopped around 11:30 am. In Midlands Province, Gweru Urban Constituency, there
were allegations of names of College students appearing in the voters roll, whilst those
of registered party members were not appearing. It was not clear whether these
“college students” were also party members or not.
4.6. Discord in the voting process
Due to the late arrival of voting materials and missing names in the voters’ rolls, the
electorate in Constituencies such as Epworth, Kambuzuma and Masvingo Urban,
among others, protested and stopped the voting process. This chaos resulted in others
returning home without voting or simply boycotting the process.
Figure 3 Voters waiting after voting had been temporarily suspended in Sunningdale, Harare
Furthermore, it was not very clear to the ZHRC team what voters’ roll was used and
who had compiled it or verified it in areas such as Mashonaland West Province and
Masvingo Province. In Masvingo Urban Ward 2 Constituency, people’s names were
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