Voting stops in Chitungwiza

Voting at Seke Teachers College has stopped amid revelations that there are no envelops for voters, most of whom are security personnel casting the Special Vote.

Zimbabwe Electoral Commission polling officer for the centre Ephraim Mutubuki confirmed that the centre is waiting for envelops to be dispatched from Harare International Conference Centre, where the electoral body responsible for elections in Zimbabwe is currently operating from.

He said: “We are making arrangements to send one of our vehicles to collect the envelops because they have been delayed,” said Mutubuki.

Asked to comment on the number of voters who had cast their ballot as at 12: 08 pm, he said he could not avail the figure because “it is a process to compile those figures as of now.”

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 since morning until mid- day when this reporter arrived at the centre, the centre had only utilised one ballot box.

An observation of the voters, most of whom were Zimbabwe Republic Police officers wearing their uniforms, revealed that the majority of them were now tired as they were sitting all over the centre.

Special voting in Zimbabwe takes place on July 14 and 15. The 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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