This is in violation of the Electoral Act as wives and the dependants of members of the security forces are not allowed to vote under the postal voting system. Postal voting is voluntary.
Under the Electoral Act, only members of the security forces deployed on duty outside their voting constituencies as well as civil servants on duty outside the country are the only ones allowed to vote under the postal voting system.
But reliable sources told The Zimbabwean that civilians – especially youth militias, wives and dependants of the police officers – are undergoing secret forced registrations as neighbour hood watch committee members in order to qualify to vote under the postal voting system.
Wives and dependants targeted under the forced registrations are those residing at police camps who have been threatened with eviction or job losses for their breadwinners who are police officers. Morale is said to be low at the police camps over the forced registrations.
“This is envisaged to give Mugabe at least 20 000 votes from the police force,” said a senior police officer.
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