1979 to date. However, as ZESN noted in its 2013 report, the voter registers used in previous elections are arguably inflated with dead people on the voters’ roll and are also not reflective of the actual population of the country as per census figures. There were more people registered in some constituencies than are recorded by the census figures in many instances. Figure 3. Voter Registration Figures in Zimbabwe’s elections. Table multi-sourced from ZESN records, ZEC, African Elections database, IFES Elections archive and scholarship The preceding constitutes the potted historical context that informed the need and final adoption of the Biometric Voter Registration process in Zimbabwe. 15