12. Accessibility  Electoral Regulations should provide for access to information pertaining to Voter Registration centres and polling stations.  The Regulations should provide for accessibility of voter registration centres and publicity of the new polling stations generated from the ongoing polling station mapping by all registrants in particular persons living with disability who might have challenges in accessing some of these sites.  Regulations should provide the specific timeframe within which political parties can access the provisional and the final voters’ roll at all levels. The voters’ roll should be made available at least three months before the election to allow for verification and audits.  The Regulations should ensure access to copies of the voters’ rolls by all stakeholders at a prescribed fee that is reasonable.  The polling station mapping exercise should be guided by the clear procedures in the Regulations to ensure that voters do not have to walk or travel long distances to access voter registration centres and polling stations.  The Regulations should provide reasons for increasing and decreasing polling stations at ward, constituency, district and provincial levels. 13. Threshold of polling stations  The Regulations should specify the threshold of voters per registration centre which will be used at the polling stations.  ZESN proposes that the maximum threshold be set at 1000 drawing lessons from the recently held Zambian elections where the threshold was 850.  The Regulations should address the issue of highly populated areas and establish polling streams to de-congest polling stations particularly in urban areas. 14. Voter education  Voter education ensures meaningful participation of citizens and the Regulations must provide for clear voter education methodologies that ensure comprehensive coverage for all Zimbabweans.  The Regulations should provide for clear roles of political parties, CSOs and the media in the provision of continuous voter information and education for voter education processes.  The Regulations should provide for clear coordination of the voter education programmes by the aforementioned parties. 7 Zimbabwe Election Support Network ©2016