DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS TRUST Tel: [263] [4] 794478 Fax & Messages [263] [4] 793592 E-mail: veritas@mango.zw Veritas makes every effort to ensure the provision of reliable information, but cannot take legal responsibility for information supplied. 9 On the merits, the applicant alleges that the first respondent did not win the election due to the fact that, in the run up to the elections, the twenty-third and twenty-fourth respondents were involved in a litany of constitutional and electoral law violations, all of which had the effect of undermining the just conduct of the elections. Some of the alleged violations related to 1 Lack of independence of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission; 2 Failure of State owned media to comply with s 61(4) of the Constitution; 3 Conduct of traditional leaders and rogue security elements; 4 Failure to abide by general principles affecting conduct of elections; 5 ZEC’s responsibility to compile voter’s rolls; 6 Wearing of partisan clothing; 7 Failure to provide a complete Voters’ Roll; 8 Voter Education; 9 Design of Presidential ballot paper; 10 Fixing of polling station returns (V11 forms) on the outside of polling stations; 11 Postal Ballots; 12 Counting of Presidential Ballots; 13 Undue influence, threats, injury, damage, harm or loss to voters; and 14 Bribery, provision of seed and fertiliser packs.