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2002 Presidential & Harare Municipal elections - Index of articles
Citizenship issues
Notice
of Objection - Update #10
Citizenship Lobby Group (CLG)
February 13, 2002
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Dear All
Remember, you
have the right to vote if you have been resident in Zimbabwe since
at least December 31, 1985.
Multiple
Notices of Objection
Many people
have received more than one of these notices. If you have missed
the deadline on your first notice, make sure to get your appeal
in on time using the second one.
Internet
access to updates
CLG updates
are now available on the civic and human rights website, www.kubatana.net
They are archived
under the Elections sector and can be viewed at the following
address: http://www.kubatana.net/html/archive/arch_index.asp?sector=ELEC
A fact sheet
for the Citizenship Lobby Group can be viewed at:
http://www.kubatana.net/html/sectors/cit001.asp?sector=ELEC
kubatana regularly
sends out newsletters containing civic and human rights information.
If you would like to be on their mailing list, email nnap@kubatana.org.zw.
Email support
Please provide
the following information when you email bnb@zol.co.zw:
- your name
- telephone
number
- date since
which you've been permanently resident of Zimbabwe (should be
since at least December 31, 1985)
- which city/district
you reside in
- when you
received your Notice of Objection
- Postmark
on envelope
- Date on
registered slip
- Date registered
slip collected
- Date Notice
collecte
- Date appeal
lodged OR Date appeal refused and reason
- whether you
have received more than one objection notice
Telephone
support
Di Mitchell
has volunteered to receive information on the receipt of Notices
of Objection by telephone.
She requests
that you observe the following points before calling her
on (04)-494363:
- Only provide
details for people who have been resident in Zimbabwe since at least
Dec 31, 1985 and have voted before (ie have a legitimate claim to
vote)
- Collect the
following information from as many people affected as you possibly
can before calling:
- your name
- telephone
number
- date since
which you've been a permanent resident of Zimbabwe
Bulawayo
Appeals are
apparently lodged at Room 12 at the Passport Building .
Unusual incidents
A couple of
reports have come in regarding unusual demands made by staff at
Market Square in Harare. Have you experienced anything similar?
- Demand
that the appeal is made by the appellant in person.
This seems highly unusual if one can lodge an appeal by registered
mail - the writer said:
No mention
is made on the form that the person in question must present
their objection in person. A member of our company took 2 separate
sets of documents to Market Square, and was given a hard time.
They stated that the objection had to be made in person. He
however talked his way around this, and managed to get the receipts
as required.
- Payment
by money order refused
The writer said:
Imagine
my anger when this time my messenger was told that they would
not accept my money orders, because they were only taking hard
cash. This I might add when the registered letter from them
said that the fifty dollars had to be paid in the form of a
money order.
What to do
if you've been refused the opportunity to appeal
Make sure you've
submitted your details to either myself on email bnb@zol.co.zw
or Di Mitchell on telephone 494363. Please ensure that you are eligible
to vote before contacting us.
Write to the
Registrar-General at Private Bag 7734, Causeway.
Copy your complaint
to a civil society organisation like
- Zimbabwe
Election Support Network (ZESN), P.O. Box BE630, Belvedere, Harare
or
- Legal Resources
Foundation (LRF), P.O. Box 918, Harare
Legal appeals
- class actions
These are underway
and being handled by Bryant Elliot of Gill, Godlonton & Gerrans.
We will submit your details to him as he requires.
Harare &
Chitungwiza Mayoral/Council Elections
To vote in these
elections you have to be on the common voters roll. You should have
registered to vote by the date the roll was closed - that was Jan
10, 2002.
Visit the CLG Fact
sheet
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