ZESN Report on the 31 July 2013 Harmonised Elections APPENDICES Appendix 1: Critical Incidents during voting process WARD DESCRIPTION PROVINCE CONSTITUENCY Bulawayo Luveve Bulawayo Luveve Bulawayo Municipality (28) Three men wearing JOMIC T-shirts were asked to leave as they had no accreditation badges and were later allowed to observe only after intervention of SADC observers. Bulawayo Pelandaba-Mpopoma Bulawayo Municipality (9) Voting was suspended because the ballot boxes were not labeled properly. This delayed voting. The problem was attended to and voting proceeded. Bulawayo Pelandaba-Mpopoma Bulawayo Municipality (13) The presence of police officers inside the polling station was of concern. Presiding officer advised the observer that it was allowed and that there was no problem. Bulawayo Pumula Bulawayo Municipality (19) A police officer unexpectedly came into the polling station wearing uniform and with indelible ink on both hands. He went straight to the presiding officer, and then the presiding officer along with the party polling agents allowed him to vote. The police officer claimed that he is from Norwood. Bulawayo Nkulumane Bulawayo Municipality (23) A ZAPU candidate stormed into the polling station complaining about the voting progress. He complained that people should be voting in a fast way thereby intimidating voters. This was said at the top of his voice drawing everyone's attention. Everyone in the polling station witnessed this incident. Bulawayo Luveve Bulawayo Municipality (28) One voter whose name could not be found on the voter’s roll voted using their registration slip. However, the presiding officer later discovered that the voter had voted at the wrong place (ward) after the ballot had been cast. JOMIC members were seated outside after being told to leave when SADC team visited. Bulawayo Luveve The polling station ran out of ballot papers and voting was suspended between 3 and 4pm. In this particular polling station, many people who were voting using registration slips were turned away. The slips they presented to the polling officials were only written Luveve Constituency without indicating the ward or block. At the time 81 | P a g e