ZIMBABWE ELECTION SUPPORT NETWORK ANNUAL REPORT 2010 Voters’ Roll Audit In order to evaluate the quality of the Voters' Roll, ZESN conducted a comprehensive audit of the roll, using a sample size of 2500 wards. The Voters' Rolls were purchased from the Registrar- General Office and ZESN managed to obtain rolls for all the 10 provinces which were ward based in two and a half months. A total of 24 Research Assistants were trained and deployed in the provinces to conduct the research. Three tests were used during the research namely: Computer test, People to List and List to people tests. These have clear distinctions regarding the potency of both tests. Computerized tests help to identify duplication of names, people missing and partial data whereas the field tests are used to identity fictitious names, the deceased, people who have changed their names and those who have moved. Research assistants who carried out the audit of the voters' roll List to People This methodology involved randomly selecting names on the Voters' Roll according to the sample and verifying whether the people existed and that their details were recorded accurately in the Voters' Roll. This method proved to be more difficult in the urban areas because of the high mobility of tenants and some selected individuals were suspicious and questioned why their particular names had been picked. In the rural areas, wards cover a very large area with virtually no roads, hence the research assistants failed to access and even locate the homesteads of some of the individuals selected. People to List The methodology involved first selecting and interviewing voters and then verifying their data on the Voters' Roll. This method was much easier to implement as no specific households or individuals were targeted. • Political Party Finance monitoring: The Experience of the Coalition for Accountable Political Financing (CAPF) in Kenya • Party Finance in South Africa: A comparison • Public Funding of Political Parties in Zimbabwe Consultative Meeting with Parliamentarians th On the 13 of December 2010, ZESN conducted a workshop on voter registration methodologies, with the Parliamentary Legal Committee, Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Home Affairs at the Holiday Inn Hotel. The purpose of the meeting was to disseminate findings of the voters' roll observation conducted by the ZESN. Workshop on the funding of Political Parties rd On the 23 of March 2010 ZESN conducted a workshop on the Public Funding of Political Parties at the Holiday Inn in Harare. Approximately 35 participants from civic society, academia, political parties (namely, ZANU PF, MDC-T, MDC-M, Mavambo and ZANU Ndonga) and parliamentarians attended this crucial workshop. The following topics were covered; • International Overview of Party Finance 14 Hon Paul Madzore at a meeting for parliamentarians hosted by ZESN at the Holiday Inn Harare PROMOTING DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS IN ZIMBABWE