The Electoral Amendment Act which was passed on the 28th of May 2018 prescribes a $700 fine or five-year jail term for people who commit electoral crimes such as intimidation, vote-buying. In a joint analysis, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (Zesn) said,
Section 133A on electoral malpractices now expands the scope of punishable intimidation by threatening statements by alleged intimidators that they can discover how a voter cast his or her ballot.
If convicted of this offence, a perpetrator is liable to a fine level 10 ($700) or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
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