Presence of other Observers and Party Agents
At 4% of inspection centres visited by ZESN observers, political party agents were present
to track the proceedings whilst citizen observers were present at 3% of the ICs, possibly
due to the lack of accreditation during this period. The majority of political party agents
were from ZANU PF. The other parties fielding agents in ICs visited were MDC Alliance
and The People’s Rainbow Coalition.
Percentage of ICs with Party Agents Present
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
ZANUPF
MDC ALLIANCE
People's Rainbow
Coalition
Other
Corrections and Additions to the Voters’ Rolls
During each two hour visit to an inspection centre, ZESN LTOs observed the number of
people who requested corrections to their details, made objections on the voters’ roll or
were missing from the voters’ roll altogether.
Percentage of voters who had claims and objections
Voters Missing
Objections
Corrections
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Percentage of different changes made by 9048 voters observed verifying their details.
The percentage of corrections required from a relatively small number of people who
came to check their details is quite high at 7%. From other checks that ZESN has
performed by searching for people surveyed against the ZEC website, the corrections are
often regarding misspelt names and may not affect people’s ability to vote. The number
8