{"id":62262,"date":"2022-07-07T15:09:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T13:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zec-to-consider-new-voter-registration-blitz"},"modified":"2022-07-07T17:30:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T15:30:17","slug":"zec-to-consider-new-voter-registration-blitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zec-to-consider-new-voter-registration-blitz","title":{"rendered":"ZEC To Consider New Voter Registration Blitz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) says it will consider another voter registration blitz towards 2023 after the number of registered voters increased by a paltry 2% in 2022 from 2018.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, ZEC released a statement stating that as of 10 June 2022, the country\u2019s registered voters numbered 5 804 975, a 2% increase from 5 695 706 in 2018.<\/p>\n

ZEC said females constitute 53,8% and males 46,1% of the registered voters.<\/p>\n

Speaking to NewsDay on Wednesday, ZEC spokesperson Jasper Mangwana said the elections management body will consider conducting another voter registration blitz before the 2023 elections. Said Mangwana:<\/p>\n

The voters\u2019 roll is a changing document. The commission has also been removing the deceased and adding new voters. We removed around 26 000 and 47 000 at some point.<\/p>\n

As usual, ZEC will definitely consider another registration blitz. We really feel for the rural community because they\u2019re very far away from our offices.<\/p>\n

But people have to wait and hear from the commission. We will share our plan towards 2023.<\/p>\n

The low number of registered voters may be a course of concern to the country\u2019s two biggest political parties, ZANU PF and CCC, who are targetting five million and six million new voters, respectively, for the 2023 elections.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network said that ZEC should devise strategies to encourage young people to register to vote as they constitute the majority of the population.<\/p>\n

Here is the number of voters by province:<\/p>\n

1 Bulawayo Metropolitan \u2013 (Female Voters: 144,020), (Male Voters: 126,894), (Total Voters: 270,914)<\/p>\n

2 Harare Metropolitan \u2013 (Female Voters: 480,277), (Male Voters: 472,243), (Total Voters: 952,520)<\/p>\n

3 Manicaland \u2013 (Female Voters: 417,575), (Male Voters: 321,052), (Total Voters: 738,627)<\/p>\n

4 Mashonaland Central \u2013 (Female Voters: 282,185), (Male Voters: 254,265), (Total Voters: 536,450)<\/p>\n

5 Mashonaland East \u2013 (Female Voters: 347,852), (Male Voters: 293,849), (Total Voters: 641,701)<\/p>\n

6 Mashonaland West \u2013 (Female Voters: 334,272), (Male Voters: 327,126), (Total Voters: 661,398)<\/p>\n

7 Masvingo \u2013 (Female Voters: 364,282), (Male Voters: 268,342), (Total Voters: 632,624)<\/p>\n

8 Matabeleland North \u2013 (Female Voters: 191,214), (Male Voters: 149,191), (Total Voters: 340,405)<\/p>\n

9 Matabeleland South \u2013 (Female Voters: 151,979), (Male Voters: 115,329), (Total Voters: 267,308)<\/p>\n

10 Midlands (Female Voters: 410,455), (Male Voters: 352,573), (Total Voters: 763,028)<\/p>\n

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