ZESN Report on the 31 July 2013 Harmonised Elections the end of October 2013, four months after the end of Parliament, so there was no need to rush unprepared into the polls. At the same time ZEC announced itself ready, willing and able to conduct harmonised elections as and when the President announced them. This was despite the fact that ZEC and the Minister of Finance admitted that there was no money for elections, even as the two voter registration exercises suffered from a lack of financial support. Calendar of Events, 2013 Harmonised Elections Table: 2 Event Date Provided for by Mobile Voter Registration 1 April 29 to May 19 Electoral Act section 36a Mobile Voter Registration 2 9 June to 10 July Constitution of Zimbabwe section 6 (3) of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Nomination Court for Harmonised Elections 28 June Section 58 of the Constitution as read with Statutory Instrument No.86 of 2013 Nomination of party-list candidates for the Senate, the National Assembly and provincial councils 28 June Section 45C of the Electoral Act as read with SI 86 Election of Chiefs 12 July 120(1)(b) and (c) of the new Constitution, as read with section 38(3) of the Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13] and section 35 of the Traditional Leaders Act [Chapter 29:17]- Election of President and Deputy President of the council of chiefs 19 July As Above Election of Senators for the Disabled 2 August Section 120 1 (b) of the Constitution read with SI 86 Special Voting 14-15 July Section 81 of the Electoral Act read with SI86 and SI 84 Election of Senators for the disabled 2 August Electoral Act Election of 60 women representatives to Parliament, senators and members of provincial councils for non-metropolitan councils 5 August 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe 26 | P a g e