no complaints from any of the police officers that participated in the postal vote
to the effect that they were not allowed to mark their ballots in secret and in the
manner that they wished. Similarly, there are no affidavits placed before the
court by the applicant from affected voters showing that there was a coercive
process by which the voter was made to vote other than by secret ballot and for
a candidate(s) other than a candidate of his/her choice.
20.4. Further, a challenge to the postal voting process for the 2018 general election
has previously been taken before the Electoral Court by the applicant’s party the
MDC-Alliance in the matter of Movement for Democratic-Change v Zimbabwe
Electoral Commission & The Commissioner-General Zimbabwe Republic Police
EC01/18. That application was dismissed as the applicant failed to put any
evidence before the court in the form of affidavits by affected voters showing
that the postal voting process had been compromised and, therefore, ought to
be invalidated. The grounds for the dismissed challenge are the same as those
taken up by the applicant in the present matter and the absence of evidence is
the same.
21. Ad Para 4.5.32- 4.5.33
This is denied.
21.1. The process of collation and verification of the presidential election results
was done transparently, and the applicant’s agents, Mr. Morgan Komichi and Mr.
Jameson Timba had full access to the results collation room at the Electoral
Commission’s national command centre.
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