{"id":53037,"date":"2022-01-15T19:56:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T17:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=53037"},"modified":"2022-01-15T19:31:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T17:31:29","slug":"csos-attack-zec-for-blocking-first-time-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/csos-attack-zec-for-blocking-first-time-voters","title":{"rendered":"CSOs Attack ZEC For Blocking First Time Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span><b>By Bulawayo Correspondent<\/b> &#8211; MATEBELELAND-based civil organisations coalescing under the banner of Ekhaya VOTE 2023, have castigated the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) for depriving new voter registrants the right to vote during the forthcoming by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists in the resort city of Victoria Falls Thursday, ZEC Chairperson Priscilla Chigumba revealed that first time voters will not be allowed to vote in the impeding by elections.<\/p>\n<p>Chigumba\u2019s declarations has however courted the ire of several stakeholders including Ekhaya VOTE 2023, a consortium of organisations currently mobilising citizens in the region to participate in the forthcoming electoral processes.<\/p>\n<p>To date, the civil organisations claims that they have facilitated the registration of 9 635 first time voters throughout the country, but ZEC disputes the figure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Ekhaya VOTE 2023, we are really concerned that first time voters will not be casting their votes despite the fact that they have registered to vote. This decision by ZEC will obviously affect the confidence and trust of these debutant voters,\u201d Ekhaya VOTE 2023 spokesperson Nkosikhona Dibiti said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Dibiti challenged electoral body to be transparent and accountable to whatever actions or decisions it takes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, we have any issue with different perceptions around the suppressed numbers of registered voters and if you link that to the aspect of names not showing in the voters roll you get concerned. ZEC \u2018s programmes should be consistent with the Constitution and the laws of the country. The right to vote is fundamental and cannot be taken away by anyone,\u201d Dibiti said.<\/p>\n<p>Dibiti maintained that ZEC should have proceeded with its earlier plans to conduct mobile voter registrations ahead of the March by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso secondly, we have the issue of the by- elections. If voter registration had been held in December right now, we could have more of first-time voters voting in their respective wards and constituencies in the elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe other thing is that mobile voter education is also long over-due. Most African countries have been conducting their elections even during the height of COVID -19. There was no need to suspend these critical components of democratic processes,\u201d added Dibiti.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. 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Addressing journalists in the resort city of Victoria Falls Thursday, ZEC Chairperson Priscilla Chigumba revealed that first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":53036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,19],"class_list":["post-53037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CSOs Attack ZEC For Blocking First Time Voters - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Bulawayo Correspondent - MATEBELELAND-based civil organisations coalescing under the banner of Ekhaya VOTE 202 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/csos-attack-zec-for-blocking-first-time-voters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CSOs Attack ZEC For Blocking First Time Voters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Bulawayo Correspondent - 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