ZEC finally releases voters roll with pictures

HARARE: Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has caved in to opposition pressure and released a copy of the voters’ roll (BVR) complete with pictures to the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance.

Chamisa’s chief election agent, Jameson Timba confirmed the development yesterday.

“The Zec chair finally sees sense, that it is the person’s vote which is a secret not his or her face. She will now issue a PDF BVR voters’ roll,” he said.

Zec chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba had stated that they had withdrawn pictures from the biometric voters’ roll (BVR) given to political parties and other stakeholders for security reasons.

The main opposition party feared this was a move to use ghost voters during elections. news day