Zimbabweans verify entries on voter’s roll after criticized biometric registration

Zimbabwean citizens who have registered to vote in the upcoming general elections had until May 31 to crosscheck the information they provided during a biometric voter registration drive which ended on March 26.

The registration excircle, which ran concurrently with a national ID enrolment campaign, was criticized by opposition parties as flawed, partly due to technical glitches with biometric kits. Over 450,000 new potential voters were registered during the window.

The delimitation exercise which followed the end of the voter …

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