ZESN’s observations are that there is need to for additional resources for the Commission to enable the deployments of an optimum team of ZEC voter educators. Through its interactions with ZEC officials who conducted voter education for the Mhondoro-Mubaira by-election, ZESN established that ZEC was only able to deploy four voter educators per ward. The ideal according to the officers would have been to deploy two voter educators per each polling area. Both ZEC and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) operating in Zimbabwe continue to implement programing under considerable financial constraints, hence the need for close collaboration between the ZEC and CSOs that seek to support the formulation of innovative voter education programs that can better leverage on the limited funding. Voter education content and messaging should be broadened and not just focus on the mechanics of voting but should be about enhancing knowledge, changing values, attitudes, behaviours and demystifying and allaying fears associated with elections and voting. The curriculum used for voter education should also be responsive to emerging needs and knowledge gaps such as the legal provisions for assisted voters, and the role of traditional leaders. The information should be packaged in a way that appeals to the different categories of voters, including 4.3. Voter Registration and inspection of the voters’ roll Effective voter registration is an important means of ensuring that the right to vote is protected. Voter registration is one means of promoting inclusive voting processes, while at the same time safeguarding against ineligible people. Section 155 (2) (a) provides for the government to take all measures and ensure that all eligible citizens, that is to say the citizens qualified under the Fourth Schedule, are registered as voters. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) conducted voter registration and inspection of the voter’s roll in accordance with the law. At the end of the exercise 20407 had registered. As has become the norm ZEC created a supplementary voters’ roll to accommodate that category of voters whose names were contained in the 2013 voters roll but were unable to register during the 2016 exercise. The supplementary voters’ roll contained 16225. ZESN continues to urge the ZEC to ensure that only one accurate and complete voters’ roll is compiled and used in by-election and general elections. 9|P a g e