ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson, Justice Rita Makarau has described the 2013 special voting experience as a nightmare, which her team will not be willing to live through again. BY BLESSED MHLANGA
Source: Special voting was a nightmare: Zec – NewsDay Zimbabwe December 7, 2016
Speaking at a Zec meeting with civic society organisations (CSOs), Justice Makarau said the process provided a logistical nightmare for the under-resourced commission.
“For me, special voting was nightmarish from a logistical point of view. We had to track down nearly 55 000 police officers from their wards to their stations. Talking as an under-resourced commission, the experience was nightmarish. The numbers were such that we did not cope,” she said.
Makarau was responding to the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn), which is pushing to have special voting reintroduced and extended even to people in hospitals.
Speaking at a Zec meeting with civic society organisations (CSOs), Justice Makarau said the process provided a logistical nightmare for the under-resourced commission.
“For me, special voting was nightmarish from a logistical point of view. We had to track down nearly 55 000 police officers from their wards to their stations. Talking as an under-resourced commission, the experience was nightmarish. The numbers were such that we did not cope,” she said.
Makarau was responding to the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn), which is pushing to have special voting reintroduced and extended even to people in hospitals.
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