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Voters' roll inspection - Nov 19 - Dec 09, 2001
Details on registration and voters roll inspection
for the Presidential Elections
Published in The Herald November 16, 2001

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YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOICE

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS VOTERS ROLL INSPECTION CENTRES

Inspection of Voters Rolls: 2002 Presidential Elections

1. REGISTRATION AS A VOTER

  1. Are you a voter? Does your name appear in the Voters Rolls? If not, register now.
  2. Have you moved from one place to another since the 2000 Parliamentary Elections? If so, act now. Ensure that your name appears in the Constituency Voter’s Roll where you are resident.

2. VOTERS ROLLS INSPECTION CENTRES

The Registrar General has deployed teams in your constituency to enable you to check if your name appears in the Voters’ Rolls.

3. TRANSFERS

People who have moved from one constituency to another must complete transfer forms at the Inspection Centres.

4. IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS

All persons coming forward to inspect Voters’ Rolls at Inspection Centres should bring the following documents:

  1. A Zimbabwe national identity card (metal or waiting pass) with a photograph on it; or
  2. A valid Zimbabwe passport showing a person’s national identity number; or
  3. A Zimbabwe driver’s licence showing a person’s national identity number with a photograph on it. A driver’s licence will only be acceptable for inspecting the Voter’s Roll but not for effecting changes or corrections to the Voter’s Roll.

Proof of residence must be produced during registration in the form of:

  1. In the case of rural and farm dwellers, confirmation by the village head or farm owner vouching for the residence status of a voter will suffice.
  2. In the case of urban dwellers, the underlisted documents may be acceptable:
    1. A certificate of occupation/title deeds, or
    2. Lodgers permit/card issued before 19th November 2001 or
    3. Rates/water statements in applicant’s name
    4. Electricity statements in applicant’s name
    5. Credit store statements showing the physical address of the applicant, in a ward.

5. DURATION OF EXERCISE

Inspection of Voter’s Rolls will start on the 19th November, 2001 and end on the 9th December at sunset. It should however be noted that after withdrawal of teams at inspection sites, inspection of Voter’s Rolls will continue at District and Provincial Offices of the Registrar General’s Department, until a closing date of rolls for the Presidential Election is announced.

6. LOCATION OF INSPECTION CENTRES

Location of Constituency Inspection Centres will be publicised in Newspapers. Registration officials will also disseminate information in the locality they will operate from.

Information on Inspection Centres is also obtainable at the offices of Provincial Registrars and District Registrars.

THE COUNTRY IS IN YOUR HANDS.

REGISTER AS A VOTER

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