7.1
BVR Tender Processes ..................................................................................................................... 31
7.2
BVR Site Validation Tests ................................................................................................................ 31
7.3
AFIS Tender Processes .................................................................................................................... 33
8. SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS, WOMEN AND YOUTH AND YOUTH PARTICIPATION .................................. 35
8.1
8.2
9.
Special Needs Groups ..................................................................................................................... 35
Youth Participation ......................................................................................................................... 35
POLITICAL CLIMATE ............................................................................................................................. 37
9.1 Demands for and Recording of Voter Registration Confirmation Slips Serial Numbers....................... 38
9.2
Intimidation and Obstruction of Observers .................................................................................... 39
9.3
Voter Misinformation ..................................................................................................................... 39
9.4
ZEC and Other Statutory Bodies Responsiveness ........................................................................... 40
10.
CIVIC AND VOTER EDUCATION ....................................................................................................... 42
10.1
Timeliness ....................................................................................................................................... 42
10.2
10.3
Adequacy......................................................................................................................................... 42
Accessibility by Marginalized Groups, Especially Those with Hearing and Visual Impairments .... 44
10.4
Role of the Media............................................................................................................................ 44
11.
ANALYSIS OF REGISTRATION DATA ................................................................................................. 46
11.1 Performance of Provinces ................................................................................................................... 47
11.2 Possible Urban Voter Suppression .................................................................................................. 48
11.3 Registration by Phase...................................................................................................................... 50
11.4 BVR Registrant by Age as At 22/02/2018........................................................................................ 51
11.5 BVR Registration by Gender by Province as At 22/02/2018 ........................................................... 56
11.6 What the Provisional BVR Data Tells Us ......................................................................................... 57
12.
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE BVR PROCES ................................... 58
CRITICAL INCIDENTS LOG – PHASE 1 TO PHASE 4 ....................................................................................... 61
Annex 2 ....................................................................................................................................................... 75
CRITICAL INCIDENTS LOG – MOP UP PERIOD ............................................................................................. 75
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