ZEC Explains Postal Voting, Says There’s No Need For Observers, Ballot Boxes

Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba explained postal voting saying that it is done in secret and not in the presence of anyone.

Speaking during an interactive meeting with election observers and the media in Harare yesterday, Chigumba said there is no need for ballot boxes or observers during a postal vote. Said Chigumba:

You are advised that the procedure for voting by post is set out in Section 75 of the Electoral Act, this provision clearly stipulates that voting by such a voter is done secretly not in the presence of any person. Allegations that postal voting is being conducted in the manner described in social media or depicted in a picture circulating in social media are regrettable. No postal voting stations have been set up or will be set up by the commission. There are no ballot boxes, postal vote is exactly what it is, these are postal vote and done in secrecy.

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