The table below explains the two major issues on which non-responsiveness was noted Issue Description Possible Consequences Incessant requests for ZESN appreciates that ZEC was able to The consequence of this nonZEC to release age and improve information sharing on the BVR disclosure has been that sex-disaggregated data process and outputs from a situation where electoral stakeholders were briefings and updates were limited to unable to appropriately target regular presentations, especially on other initiatives like information registration figures. However, part of the sharing and civic education to request for improving communications and areas, age cohorts and sexes that information sharing included gender and could have been lagging behind. age-disaggregated data at ward level. As a result, traditional problems Throughout the process, ZEC proved of registration processes' unresponsive to this matter and request, marginalising and under leaving electoral stakeholders with registering young people, aggregate figures, which did not share women, and people with enough details on the critical characteristics disabilities could have recurred. of registrants, like age, gender and enhanced location. Intimidation of ZESN and other electoral stakeholders As a result, this form of Registrants & observers forwarded information on intimidation of intimidation and attack on the registrants to ZEC, the ZHRC and the Police. integrity of the process, privacy, ZESN requested the ZEC to institute a Multi- and secrecy of the ballot party liaison Committee, and investigate continued unabated throughout and sanction perpetrators of intimidation. the greater part of the BVR While ZEC was able to activate the Multi- Process. When ZEC and the Party Committee, ZEC, the ZHRC and the Police did act, the actions were Police were unable to address cases of limited to information, with no impunity by perpetrators throughout the known sanctions executed on entire 4 phases of the Blitz. Intimidation of perpetrators of these acts of various forms mentioned earlier in this intimidation. This was a classic report continued unabated, with ZEC case of bolting the stable when reporting back in December 2017 that they the horses had already left. had failed to have a joint investigation with other statutory groups who preferred to conduct their own investigations. ZEC and the police were only able to put out notices on the illegality of intimidation through recording of voter registration confirmation slips late in January 2018 during the MopUp exercise 41