‘Voter registration is being rigged’

KUWADZANA - Residents have expressed concern at the way the Office of the Registrar General has set up voter registration centres in the constituency, creating a fertile ground for the marginalisation of the majority of eligible voters.
The Registrar General's Office has always come under

heavy criticism ahead of every major election for its alleged bias and manipulation of voter-registration and voting days.
Voter registration has been running from 18 June and will end on 17 August.
Simon Phiri, the Ward 38 co-ordinator, told CHRA that residents in Kuwadzana had only two centres to register as voters.
These were Kuwadzana 8 Primary School and the District Office in Kuwadzana 2.
He said despite appeals to ZEC to increase the number of voter-registration centres, they have not been successful, and it is feared more people have been unable to register as voters in next year’s crucial Parliamentary and Presidential Elections.
Monica Chokuwa, Chairperson of the Information and Publicity Committee, has urged members of the public to take time to visit the few voter-registration points in their areas to see if their names appear on the voters’ roll.
“The main problem that residents face is that there are very few registration points in the suburbs, making it more difficult for those going to work to register as voters or to inspect the voters’ roll,” Chokuwa said.
She said more voter registration points must be opened in Harare to ensure that more people registered. – Own Correspondent

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