Voter Registration Blitz Extended By One Month After Government Releases Funds
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has extended the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) blitz by another month. The registration exercise ended on the 19th of December 2017. The final BVR registration blitz will begin on Saturday, the 10th of January and run until the 8th of February. However, once the final blitz registration is completed, registration will still remain open until 12 days after the nomination court has sat.
Emmanuel Magade the acting ZEC chairperson confirmed the extension saying that the government had released funds to bankroll the exercise. Said Magade:
As you know the voter education officers precede the registration officers. The voter education will run from January 6 to the 4th of February, while the mop-up will start on January 10 to the 8th of February.
We received a substantial amount of money from the government to kick-start the process although it’s not the full amount of what we had requested, which was $7, 9 million for the mop-up exercise. Negotiations are still going on and I believe that by the time we finish, we will be able to pay all our liabilities. We believe that government has not left us in the dark and they support us fully.
More: Daily News
