#BYELECTION
ZPP noted that on the day of
voting, ZEC officials ensured that
only those with their names
appearing on the voters’ roll
proceeded to vote, and officials
crossed out the names of those
who would have voted.
courts, charged with violating the
Electoral Act.
did not appear at polling stations,
they voted at in 2018. According to
the Zimbabwe Election Support
Chinyoka of Mufakose went to
Network, in some instances, over
Crowborough Sewage Works
25 persons were turned away at
polling station vote using her
some polling stations, adding to
sister’s ID.
the fears that the voters roll had
An hour later, her sister went to
been tampered with as has been
There was, however some concern
the same polling station to attempt revealed by the pressure group,
about the indelible ink used by ZEC
to vote and that is when the
Pachedu.
to mark the fingers of those who
offence was discovered, leading to
would have voted. In some polling
In our campaign, code named
Elizabeth’s arrest.
stations people felt that the ink
Resist, Reject and Report Violence
Mupanguri, of Highfield, allegedly (RRRV), which seeks to end
was not indelible and would be
went to Mbizi Primary School,
easily removed posing a risk for
political violence as we trudge
Ward 25 in Highfield East to cast
the voting process to be taken
towards the 2023 harmonised
his vote.
advantage of by those wanting to
elections, we document cases of
try their luck at voting twice.
politically motivated human rights
He then produced a national
violations and separate them from
identity card in the name of
ZPP recorded situations where
the rest of the human rights
Zvikomborero Mupanguri. A
some citizens had erased the ink
violations.
polling officer told him that the ID
without much effort. The
belonged to Zvikomborero
organisation, however, did not
So, as seen in the graph below,
Mapanguri, but he insisted that he there was an increase in the
record any incidents of double
voting. Where people attempted to was the owner of the identity card. number of politically motivated
He was taken to the police where
use another person’s national
human rights violations at 82, up
he was found with a birth
identity card, ZEC officials
from 70 in February and we have
certificate
with
his
actual
name,
detected it and took appropriate
recorded two fatalities, in
Tafadzwa Mupanguri. There was a Mashonaland West and Central
action.
high number of people being
provinces.
Elizabeth Chinyoka and Tafadzwa
turned away because their names
Mupanguri are currently before the
Using a highly sophisticated data analysis tool, ZPP maps the severity of the
violations to give an indication of the political volatility of each province.
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