REVERSE POSTAL VOTING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE VOTER Read these instructions carefully before you begin to fill in the application for a postal vote. 1. VERY IMPORTANT—If there is an election in your constituency, you must submit this application to the Chief Elections Officer. 2. A voter may apply for a postal ballot paper when he or she has good reason to believe that he or she will be absent from the constituency or unable to attend at the polling station by reason of being— (a) on duty as a member of a disciplined force or as an electoral officer or monitor; or (b) absent from Zimbabwe in the service of the Government of Zimbabwe; or (c) a spouse of a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b). 3.(1) A competent witness to an application for a postal ballot paper is the Registrar-General of Voters or any person who— (a) is a member of Parliament, a Provincial Governor, the principal diplomatic representative of Zimbabwe in any country or the deputy of such representative, or a member of the staff of such representative appointed by him or her, or the trade commissioner or any consular official for Zimbabwe in any country; or (b) inside Zimbabwe, holds the position of a hospital matron, Government mining engineer, Government inspector of mines, mine manager, constituency elections officer, deputy constituency elections officer, assistant constituency elections officer, or chairperson or secretary of a town council or rural district council; or (c) inside or outside Zimbabwe, is or holds the office of or an appointment as a chartered accountant, corporate member of an engineering institute, land surveyor, corporate member of an institute or association of architects, postmaster, legal practitioner, advocate, barrister, attorney, solicitor, magistrate, bank manager, commissioned officer in the Defence Forces, justice of the peace, commissioner of oaths, mayor, medical practitioner, town clerk, assistant town clerk, veterinary surgeon or commissioned police officer. (2) A competent witness must not witness the signature of any person who makes application for a postal ballot-paper unless he or she— (a) has satisfied himself or herself as to the identity of the applicant; and (b) has seen the applicant sign the application in his or her own handwriting; and (c) knows that the statements contained in the application are true or has satisfied himself or herself, by inquiring from the applicant or otherwise, that such statements are true. (Notes.—Notwithstanding any of the provisions of paragraph 3 of these instructions, neither a candidate nor a candidate’s agent in any election shall be a competent witness in respect of voting by post at that election.) - 34 -