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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Churches under the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) are urging eligible citizens to register to vote in the upcoming general elections.<\/p>\n

The churches have incorporated the \u201cPray, Register to vote and Vote\u201d theme into their main Sunday programmes.<\/p>\n

ZCC general secretary Wilfred Bimingo told NewsDay that Christians should understand that voting is a God-given right. Said Bimingo:<\/p>\n

Previous elections in the country have been violent and it had distanced the people of Zimbabwe, including Christians, from the electoral process.<\/p>\n

We launched this campaign to educate and encourage people to vote, especially in the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n

It does not focus on registration alone but on all other electoral processes. We are targeting young people.<\/p>\n

People should exercise the democratic right to vote, which also is a right given by God.<\/p>\n

We have seen an improvement in the participation of Christians in electoral processes following the launch of this campaign.<\/p>\n

According to ZEC, 5 804 975 people were on the 2023 voters\u2019 roll as of April 2022, against an eligible voter population of 8 738 628.<\/p>\n

ZEC is set to conduct its last voter registration blitz that will run from 12 to 21 March 2023.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Churches under the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) are urging eligible citizens to register to vote in the upcoming general elections. The churches have incorporated the \u201cPray, Register to vote and Vote\u201d theme into their main Sunday programmes. ZCC general secretary Wilfred Bimingo told NewsDay that Christians should understand that voting is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":74986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[3452,1493,2189,4417,6223,9628,2492,680,19,1091],"class_list":["post-74988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-2023-elections","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","tag-churches","tag-voter-registration","tag-voter-registration-blitz","tag-voters-roll","tag-zcc","tag-zimbabwe","tag-zimbabwe-council-of-churches"],"yoast_head":"\nPray, Register To Vote And Vote \u2013 Churches - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Churches under the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) are urging eligible citizens to register to vote in the upcoming g ...Churches under the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) are urging eligible citizens to register to vote in the upcoming g ...\" \/>\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\/pray-register-to-vote-and-vote-churches\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pray, Register To Vote And Vote \u2013 Churches\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Churches under the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) are urging eligible citizens to register to vote in the upcoming g ...Churches under the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) are urging eligible citizens to register to vote in the upcoming g ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pray-register-to-vote-and-vote-churches\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-07T08:29:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-07T12:26:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678172367.69.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"780\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"470\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pray-register-to-vote-and-vote-churches#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pray-register-to-vote-and-vote-churches\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Pray, Register To Vote And Vote \u2013 Churches\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-07T08:29:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-07T12:26:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pray-register-to-vote-and-vote-churches\"},\"wordCount\":201,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pray-register-to-vote-and-vote-churches#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678172367.69.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2023 Elections\",\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zimbabwe\",\"churches\",\"Voter Registration\",\"Voter Registration Blitz\",\"voters roll\",\"ZCC\",\"Zimbabwe\",\"Zimbabwe Council of Churches\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pray-register-to-vote-and-vote-churches#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pray-register-to-vote-and-vote-churches\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pray-register-to-vote-and-vote-churches\",\"name\":\"Pray, Register To Vote And Vote \u2013 Churches - 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