ELECTION WATCH 31/2018

16th July 2018

Postal Voting

Reports of police officers in Bulawayo casting postal votes under the watchful eyes of their superior officers have raised questions about the postal voting system.  In this Election Watch we shall explain how the system is supposed to work.  We shall also explain that there are differences between how postal voting is done in this election and how it used to be done.

ELECTION WATCH 29/2018

9th July 2018

Correction of Omissions and Errors in ZEC’s First Lists of Nominated Candidates

The Acting Chief Elections Officer of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission [ZEC] has published two General Notices [GNs] correcting omissions from and errors in the lists gazetted on 22nd June in GNs 411 and 412.  The effect of these corrections is summarised below.

ELECTION WATCH 27/2018

4th July 2018

Court Case to Stop Misuse of School Property and Abuse of Schoolchildren for Election Purposes

ELECTION WATCH 25/2018

25th June 2018

To Put the Record Straight

There have been several news articles misrepresenting Veritas.  Whether they have criticised or congratulated Veritas for taking cases on election matters, the implication has been that we are doing it for political reasons or to hamper ZEC’s ability to run elections.

ELECTION WATCH 22/2018

11th June 2018

ZEC’s Elections Roadmap

ELECTION WATCH 20/2018

9th June 2018

Nomination of Candidates 2

ELECTION WATCH 18/2018

[31st May 2018]

The Electoral Act as Amended : Is it Now Constitutional?

Introduction

The Electoral Amendment Act was gazetted on the 28th May and came into operation on that date.  It is Act No. 6 of 2018 and is available on the Veritas website [link].

ELECTION WATCH 16/2018

29th May 2018

Electoral Amendment Act Gazetted

Other Electoral News

Electoral Amendment Act Gazetted

The Electoral Amendment Act was gazetted in a Gazette Extraordinary yesterday night, 28th May 2018, as Act No. 6 of 2018 [link].  It became law immediately.

ELECTION WATCH 14/2018

[19th May 2018]

Latest on Electoral Amendment Bill

Polling Station Voting Still Needs to be Legalised

Update on the Electoral Amendment Bill

ELECTION WATCH 12/2018

[17th May 2018]

Electoral Amendment Bill Through the Senate

No New Amendments

The Bill was transmitted to the Senate from the National Assembly late on Thursday.  As there had been so many amendments made in the National Assembly a new version of the Bill incorporating these amendments was prepared for the Senate [link]