 In addition, issues of forced entries, possession of forged or false documents or refusal to leave premises when required, intimidation, violence and threats to eligible voters should all be addressed in the Regulations with specified punitive measures. 9. De-duplication  One of the major strengths of BVR’s is its ability to deter duplicate voter registration, therefore the Regulations must put in place clear procedures and timelines on how Deduplication will be conducted at polling station, wards, district, provincial and national level.  The Regulations should indicate how the captured biometric data will be used to identify suspected duplicate voter registrants and whether this has been done by human error or by computer software.  In the case of voter registration offences in the de-duplication process the Regulation should specify the penalties to be levied against the offenders. 10. Proof of registration  In other countries upon completion of registration voters are issued with voters’ card.  The Regulations should therefore specify the type of proof of registration that will be issues all registrants and the features of the proof of registration such as name of the registration centre, quick response code and security marks among others.  The Regulations should clearly specify the purposes of the issuance of the proof of registration and put in place mechanisms to guard against the abuse of the proofs. 11. Role of observers and agents  The Regulations should provide for clear roles of political party agents and observers for each registration centre within the polling district for the purpose of enhancing transparency, trust, confidence and accountability in the process.  ZEC should invite political parties and observers to observe all processes including the tendering and procurement process, training of registration staff, setting up of registration centres and other key electoral processes.  To enhance confidence and trust the Regulations should provide for mechanisms that ensure access to all pertinent data that allows observers and agents to make fair assessments of the process such as data entry, processing and management. 6 Zimbabwe Election Support Network ©2016