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ZEC unveils new voting system

by Staff reporter
29 Apr 2014 at 09:41hrs | Views

Voters will cast their ballots at a particular polling station within their wards instead of voting at any centre in the same area, while those in the Diaspora will be allowed to register under a new voting system proposed by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.

ZEC chairperson Justice Rita Makarau said the proposed polling station-based voter registration system would curb double voting, voting by ineligible people and possible inflation of votes for participating candidates.

The new system means that there will be a localised voting system to be conducted using a polling station-based voters' roll and a voter will only cast a ballot at the polling station at which his or her name appears on the voters' roll.

The voter registration system being used now is ward-based and voters could vote at any polling station within their wards.

Apart from those in the Diaspora, prisoners and patients admitted in hospitals would also be registered as voters.

Source - The Herald
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