owing to many other factors. Some factors include the need to continually update the voters roll as , the
voting population is not static, and people migrate in and out of areas, die, new ones qualify as voters
making the task of an "accurate” Voters’ register at best a challenging prospect. On the other hand and
perhaps more fundamentally, Biometric Voter Registration, if well implemented by an untrusted
Electoral Management Body, may still fail to increase confidence in the resultant roll, although such a
register may otherwise have integrity.
It is for these reasons that ZESN consistently insisted on the need for a transparent BVR process in
Zimbabwe, accompanied by other appropriate electoral reforms to achieve BVR potential in
transforming the electoral system in Zimbabwe given its significant protection against double
registrations and inaccuracies.13
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ZESN (2017). Enhancing understanding of BVR in Zimbabwe & ZESN Position on BVR. 2 April 2017. Harare
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