The determination of the number, names and location of polling stations by @ZECzim is not based on the delimitation exercise or report; but on the number of registered voters at any given time for a particular election under existing constituency and ward electoral boundaries!
For the avoidance of doubt, and although initially it was not necessary to specifically refer to it, but is now necessary in light of the apparent dishonesty of the authors of the tweet in question, my above EXPLANATION that the DETERMINATION by @ZECzim of the number, names and location of polling stations is not based on the GAZETTED DELIMITATION REPORT but on the number of registered voters at any given time for a particular election was in fact a polite response to this tweet posted by @PacheduZW yesterday:
“ZEC has made significant changes THAT CONTRADICT what is in the gazetted final DELIMITATION REPORT.
For instance, we have found 1083 new polling station codes that ZEC is using but ARE NOWHERE in the DELIMITATION REPORT.”
My simple and straightforward point – which is the correct legal position- is that polling stations are not based on the Delimitation Report which is only about the electoral boundaries of constituencies whose number is fixed in the Constitution, and wards whose number may change during a delimitation exercise that should be done every 10 years.
Polling stations are created or established anytime, depending on the number of registered voters, whenever there is a by-election or general election.
Therefore, there can be no contradiction whatsoever between the delimitation report and the number, names or location of polling stations. The legal process for establishing polling stations is entirely a different matter, as provided for in the Electoral Act!
Source: Bulawayo24
In other news-Chamisa’s CCC needs over US$200 000 to field candidates through out Zimbabwe
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it needs over US$200 000 to field candidates through out the country in the upcoming elections.
ZEC gazetted SI 144 of 2022 on the Electoral (Nomination of Candidates) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 (No.1) in August last year, increasing presidential nomination fees from US$1 000 to US$20 000.
The nomination fees for National Assembly and Senate candidates also increased from US$50 to US$1 000.
In a press conference Friday, CCC deputy secretary for elections, Ellen Shiriyedenga said the money needed by the party to field candidates across the country is unsustainable. Learn more
