A Zimbabwe Electoral Commission polling officer for the centre, Ephraim Mutubuk,i confirmed that the centre is waiting for envelopes to be dispatched from Harare International Conference Centre, where the electoral body responsible is currently operating from.
He said: “We are making arrangements to send one of our vehicles to collect the envelopes because they have been delayed,” said Mutubuki.
Asked to comment on the number of voters who had cast their ballot as at noon, he said he could not avail the figure.
He said: “Since morning we had envelops trickling in but they were coming in small numbers and we are waiting for them to send us some more, then we can commence the voting process.”
Inside the polling station were two booths and one ballot box which was not yet full: indicating that from until mid- day when this reporter arrived at the centre, not many people had cast their votes.
Special voting in Zimbabwe takes place today and tomorrow.
ZEC established 209 polling stations for the estimated 88,000 early voters, most of whom are security personnel and ZEC officials.
Early voting is for registered voters who would not be able to vote on July 31 because they will be performing other election related duties.
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