The manner in which the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) conducted the 31st July, 2013 general election has been the subject of much discussion. The timeliness of this report, coming as it does sixteen months after the poll, may also seem redundant. However, several events make it necessary to highlight and bring to the fore once […]
Themes Archives: Election
An examination of the vote in Hamonised July 2013 Election- RAU
Abstract This report is the complete version of the shortened paper that can also be found on the website [www.researchandadvocacyunit.org]. The central concern of the report is an attempt to fathom the source of the remarkable number of votes garnered by President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU PF party in the “harmonised” July 2013 election […]
ZESN calls for support to Polling Station-Based Voter Registration
06 March 2014- The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) calls upon the government to provide resources to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to conduct polling station based voter registration and to come up with a new polling station based voters’ roll. Section 239 (c), (d) and (e) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe mandates ZEC to register […]
Zimbabwe Human Rights, Rule of Law and Democracy 2013 Annual Report
The overall aim of this report is to give you both a broad policy picture and a detailed inventory of events relating to human rights, rule of law and democracy that took place in Zimbabwe during 2013. Its particular focus is on rights relating to respect for the integrity of the person, respect for civil […]
African Union Final Report on Zimbabwean 2013 Elections
The Report of African Union Election Observation Mission to the 31st July 2013 harmonised elections in Zimbabwe which can be accessed here; AUEOM REPORT ZIMBABWE 2013 makes the following recommendations in paragraph 82: In general, while the AUEOM observes that the 31 July 2013 Harmonised Elections in Zimbabwe were professionally and successfully conducted by the ZEC despite […]