ZESN - Promoting Democratic Elections in Zimbabwe the tenets of administrative justice as a voter should have the opportunity to make representations before his/her name is removed from the roll, and not after. Though there is an option of appealing to a designated magistrate of the province, depending on timing, it may be too late to get a voter's enlisted back on the voters' roll as was evidenced in the 2018 harmonised elections. body to conduct elections. The anomalous nature of this provision, particularly in its reference to an individual rather than the office he occupies, is further highlighted by the fact that the “former RGV” (there is only one) has since been retired from the civil service. 4.12 Election Timetable There is no provision for ZEC to provide an election timetable ahead of any election. The law should provide for the timeline for ZEC to provide an election timetable, with relevant information such as the date, gazetting of the timetable, and the cut-off date the voters' roll must be provided, etc. 4.11 Registering of Voters With regards to the registration of voters, the Electoral Act requires the responsible Minister of Justice to obtain the approval of ZEC and consult the former Registrar General of Voters (RGV) before making regulations. The Minister must also get approval from ZEC and consult the former RGV on how to deal with confidential information that the former RGV has, or how to resolve any discrepancies between the records of the former RGV and those of the Commission and mandatory automatic and electronic voter registration. This provision maintains the role of the Minister in the introduction of regulations on voter registration, sharing of information, etc. The Minister and the former RGV should have no role in the management of elections. What would be sensible and in accordance with the law, is to give the lawmaking powers, in terms of regulations and rules, to ZEC itself as the only constitutionally mandated 4.13 Delimitation The Act also does not elaborate on the delimitation process. There is need to provide clear procedures and Stakeholder consultations should be held on the delimitation and the process must comply with international standards such as equal voting strength, representativeness, and community of interest. In view of the existing gaps in electoral law, there is need for the ZEC to convene an allinclusive Electoral Reforms Working Group that could dialogue on the reforms required to strengthen the integrity of electoral processes. The working group could include all Chapter 12 institutions, Parliament, political parties, CSOs, and eminent persons. 19 REPORT ON THE 30 JULY 2018 HARMONISED ELECTIONS ZESN