electoral law zimbabwe

GN 2018 - 370B - ZEC Notice fixing 29th May 2018 as the Date on which the New BVR Voters Roll Became the Definitive Voters Roll

Section 36A(2)(a) of the Electoral Act provides that when a new voters roll is produced after the conclusion of a new registration of voters, the new roll will, with effect from such date as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission [ZEC] must fix by notice in the Gazette, be the definitive voters roll on the basis of which the continuous registration of voters in terms of section 17A shall be conducted.

A new registration of voters was ordered by SI 109/2017 and launched on 14th September 2017.

GN 2018 - 409 Addresses of Constituency elections officers for harmonized elections 2018

IT is hereby notified that, the Chief Elections Officer has, in terms of section 4 of the Electoral Regulations, 2005, published in Statutory Instrument 21 of 2005, appointed the persons specified in the first column of the Schedule to be Constituency Elections Officers in Constituencies specified in the second column of that Schedule at the addresses specified in the third column thereto.

GN 2018 - 411 & 412 - ZEC's Official Lists of Candidates Nominated for Senate Party-List Seats, National Assembly Constituency & Party-List Seats, & Provincial Council Party-List seats

Candidates for the 270 National Assembly Constituency Seats

GN (General Notice) 411/2018 dated 22nd June 2018 lists the candidates declared duly nominated at the nomination court sittings of 14th June.

Candidates for Party-List Seats in Senate and National Assembly and in Provincial Councils

GN 412/2018 dated 22nd June 2018 lists the candidates declared duly nominated at the nomination court sittings of 14th June, as follows:

GN 2018 - 359c - ZEC Notice fixing Date of Commencement of Section 42 of Electoral Amendment Act 2012 (No. 3 of 2012) - Legalisation of Polling Station Voters Rolls and Polling Station Voting

This notice brings into operation with effect from 22nd May 2018 the provisions of section 42 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2012 for polling station voters roll and polling station voting.  For an explanation of the need for this notice, see Election Watch 14/2018 of 19th May 2018 entitled Polling Station Voting Still Needs to be Legalised [link].

Veritas Draft Electoral Amendment Bill - updated 2018

This Bill was prepared by Veritas as a more comprehensive alternative to the Government's Electoral Amendment Bill 2017, currently going through Parliament (March 2018).

This Bill will amend the Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13] to align it more closely with the Constitution and to facilitate the holding of free and fair elections.  The main focus of the amendments are the following:

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