Section 6: Elections, Voting, Registration and Public Institutions Q45: In your opinion, when should the next presidential and parliamentary elections be held? Q46A: In your opinion, are the Zimbabwean people ready for elections right now? Please tell me how ready or not ready you believe they are right now. Q46A: In your opinion, are the Zimbabwean people ready for elections right now? Please tell me how ready or not ready you believe they are right now. Q46B: In your opinion, will the Zimbabwean people be ready for elections in the first half of 2013? Please tell me how ready or not ready you believe they will be then. Q47A: If you had to decide today whether you will vote come the next round of elections, what will you decide? And how sure are you that you will vote, or not? Q47B: You said you are sure / very sure that you WILL VOTE come the next round of elections. Please share with me why you are sure of this. What is the main reason why you believe you will go and vote? Q47C: You said you are sure / very sure that you will NOT VOTE come the next round of elections. Please help me understand why you feel this way. What is the main reason why you do not wish to go and vote? Q47D: Is there anything that could make you change your mind and decide not to vote? Please tell me what it is that could make you change your mind in this way. Q47E: Is there anything that could make you change your mind and decide to vote? Please tell me what it is that could make you change your mind in this way. Q48: In your opinion, what is the most important thing that needs to change BEFORE Zimbabwe embarks on a next round of national elections? Q49: Did you vote in the 2008 elections? Q49A: In the March 2008 presidential / parliamentary elections? Q49B: In the June 2008 presidential run-off election? Q50A: How free and fair do you expect the next national elections to be? Will they be ... Q50B: Do you think the next elections will be more free and fair, or less free and fair than the parliamentary and presidential elections of March 2008? Q50C: Do you think the next elections will be more free and fair, or less free and fair than the presidential run-off elections of June 2008? Q51: How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements? “Elections by not later than mid-2013 will …” Q51A: Offer all Zimbabweans the opportunity to participate without fear. Q51B: Reopen old wounds of violence and fear. Q51C: Be free of security force interventions. Q51D: Have transparent counting processes. Q52: If we compare the 2008 elections and the elections that will be held by not later than mid-2013, based on what you know and feel today … Q52A: Would you feel ‘more safe’ or ‘less safe’ voting in the next elections than you did in the March 2008 presidential and parliamentary elections? Q52B: Would you feel ‘more safe’ or ‘less safe’ voting in the next elections than you did in the June 2008 presidential run-off election? And how much do you agree or disagree with the following three statements? Q52C: This time around, elections will be different … there will be nothing to fear. Q52D: Political parties in Zimbabwe use violence to ensure victory in elections and nothing is going to change this. Q52E: In Zimbabwe we should rather not have elections, because elections just bring violence. Q53: When we talk about the next round of elections, from your side, what would have to happen to make you feel safe during elections? Q53A: International observers are present at your polling station. It would make me feel: Q53B: Domestic election monitors are present at your polling station. it would make me feel: Q53C: There is no police inside your polling station. it would make me feel: Q53D: A new Constitution that guarantees our rights to freedom of belief, expression and association. it would make me feel: Q53E: Political parties have signed a binding code of conduct that includes ‘no violence’ in campaign: it would make me feel: 51