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The voters’ roll
ZESN remain concerned about the voters’ roll and the anomalies that cropped up during the byelections. Of concern are cases raised by voters whose names were missing from the voters’’ roll
during the by election yet they claimed that their names where in the voters’ roll during
Harmonized elections. In the same way the lack of updating of the voters’ roll as evidenced by the
use of slips remains a problem. ZEC needs to ensure that the voters’ roll is updated for future
elections to prevent disenfranchising voters during polls.
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Voting procedures
ZESN is concerned that the procedure of showing the ballot paper to the presiding officer after
casting a vote remained in force during the by elections. This system was done away with using the
Electoral Amendment Act of 2013 which prescribed that the voter did not have to show the seal to
the Presiding Officer but simply place their ballot paper in the box after voting. ZESN noted that in
almost all polling stations, the voters would show their ballot paper to the presiding officer after
voting. This raises issues of voter education on the part of the electorate and training on the part of
the presiding officer who did not correct this practice.
Counting
Counting in all polling stations took place according to procedures and votes were displayed
outside the polling stations. All party agents agreed that the process had gone well and signed the
V11 forms.
Results
In all the wards, ZANU PF councilors won the seats. The table below shows the results of the byelections.
Zaka RDC Ward 32
Ward and Candidate
Political party
Number of votes
T. Toruvanda
ZANU PF
1054
B.E Mutanga
MDC T
129
E. Chikamhi
NCA
67
Sunningdale Ward 12
Ward and Candidate
Political party
Number of votes
Maureen Nyemba
ZANU PF
843
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