3 Concern has been raised on the use of politically motivated violence as a vehicle to winning elections as well as the actual tempering with ballot papers and boxes. The use of government departments, the military, national intelligence and the police (Zimbabwe Independent July 27- 02 August 200&) by President Mugabe to win elections form part of a litany of complains brought about by people who believe the electoral process in Zimbabwe is mired by irregularities. The voters’ roll has always been a contentious issue between contesting political parties and the Registrar General who is the custodian of the register. There are allegations that the voters’ register is littered with inaccuracies, ghost voters and dead people whose names have not been deleted. It is, such non-existent voters that the opposition believe are used to rig elections in areas where Zanu-PF would have been defeated. Margret Dongo, in 1995, successfully contested the election out-come in Harare South constituency on the basis that the voters’ role was in shambles. That she won her case in the High Court makes a lot of people believe that the state of the voters’ roll makes it liable to abuse by the ruling party. It is therefore, pertinent to assess all the necessary electoral processes to find out whether conditions for free and fair elections prevail in the country as of now. Voter registration. Voter registration should be premised on the principles of inclusiveness, fairness, comprehensiveness, and flexibility to extend dates of registration in order that the process caters for all would-be voters. The exercise should include the process of verifying potential voters, and entering their names and other substantiating information on a voters list. For the registration to be fair, comprehensive and inclusive, potential voters must be aware of the registration process and have reasonable opportunity to complete it. Ladies and gentlemen, the on-going voter registration exercise in Zimbabwe is unlikely going to solve the problems for which it was meant to avert. Despite the clear need that the process be a transparent, thorough and democratic endeavour absolved from the pitfalls of negligent