called out before one could vote and the ZHRC monitors noted an incident of a man who was absent when his name was called and was later denied the opportunity to vote when he arrived at the polling centre. In Masvingo Urban, Ward 3 Constituency, only 43 people had voted by 4.25pm. It was noted that the electorate were disgruntled regarding the number voters indicated on the list. The electorate complained to the ZHRC monitors that their names were not appearing on the list. By 6.40pm majority of people present at the polling station had not voted. On the following day in the same Ward, people’s names were called out again, majority were absent. Therefore, the electorate in this ward relinquished their vote. It was also reported that names of aspiring candidates were missing in Constituencies such as Chiredzi West and Zaka North. The Chairperson of Masvingo Province informed one ZHRC team that there was nothing the provincial leadership could do regarding missing names of candidates as all instruction and paper work came from the Party Headquarters. One Councillor in Chiredzi having noticed that her name was missing from the ballot paper, took matters in her own hands by locking the venue which resulted in her arrest. However, she later informed the ZHRC team that she was released with no charges levelled against her. In Zaka North Constituency, one Councillor’s name was absent from the ballot papers and his supporters informed the ZHRC monitors that they boycotted process. Therefore, owing to the chaos in the voting process some party members were denied the right to vote and to elect a person of their choice as a candidate for a post in the general elections. 4.7. Inconsistences in voting Procedures (Women’s Quota) Regarding the women’s quota, there were inconsistences amongst Constituencies, in relation to which electorate (male or female) were supposed to cast the women’s Quota votes. For example, at Westgate Polling Station, in Harare West Constituency, every voter (male or female) were given all ballot papers, including the women’s quota ones, and made their choices. This situation was different in other centres such as Harare North Constituency and Kuwadzana West Constituency where only women voters were issued with the women’s quota ballot papers to vote. ZHRC sought for clarity from one of the Constituency Coordinators (anonymous), and were advised that the instruction from the Party Headquarters stipulated that only women were supposed Page 13 of 22