ZIMBABWE ELECTION SUPPORT NETWORK List-to-people Currency biometric voter registration a person without proof of residence who wanted to register could approach ZEC officials and fill in the VR.9 form confirming their place of residence. Challenges experienced with the affidavit form included that Commissioner of oaths were not adequately deployed to cater for those using the affidavit at the initial stages of registration. In some cases registrants were provided with pre-signed affidavits8. Hence the ZEC could not easily ascertain whether indeed a claimant for registration was resident at that address. During inspection the ZEC, could have posted the voters' roll outside Inspection Centres and citizens could have made objections. Through the list-to-people test ZESN managed to reach, 89% of respondents. 3% of the respondents were said to have moved out from the given address in the voters' roll. 8.3% were not known at given address. The 4th Schedule of the Constitution of Zimbabwe provides that the Electoral law may prescribe additional residential requirements to ensure that voters are registered on the most appropriate voters' roll, however these must be consistent with the Constitution, particularly Section 67. Whilst prescribed in the law, proof of residence was difficult to obtain and more so for those residing in the urban areas. As a means to relax the stringent requirements for providing proof of residence, the ZEC introduced Form VR.9 Affidavit of Residence Voter Registration for those whom it was difficult to obtain requisite proof of residence. During the The map below illustrates the areas where person was unknown at the given address. Harare has the highest number of those who were not known at the given address. Other provinces with seemingly high numbers are Midlands, Manicaland, and Mashonaland Central. KEY Major Roads PERSON NOT FOUND PERSON NOT FOUND HEAT-MAP 1.08 2.16 3.24 4.33 DISTRICT BOUNDARY Map illustrating those who were unknown at the given address 8 The Herald; ZEC fumes over pre-signed affidavits; 31 October 2017, available at https://www.herald.co.zw/zec-fumes-over-pre-signed-affidavits/ 58 FINAL REPORT OF THE 2018 VOTERS' ROLL AUDIT