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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) insists it will not release the voters\u2019 roll on CDs saying this will protect the document from possible tampering.<\/p>\n

Electoral watchdogs have said that the voters\u2019 roll can be distributed in \u201cread-only\u201d mode, but ZEC spokesperson Jasper Mangwana told NewsDay<\/b> that the decision not to use CDs will not be reversed. Said Mangwana:<\/p>\n

A decision to do away with CDs was already made.<\/p>\n

That the CD could be available in a \u2018read only\u2019 mode) is not technically correct, a CD is not a data format that\u2019s why you can write a video in MP4 format, pictures, word, or excel. The CD is accessed just like USB\/DVD.<\/p>\n

What is key is the data format of excel which can be duplicated\/pirated, edited, tampered with, and can be in the wrong hands since ZEC cannot control access to a CD given to individuals or organisations.<\/p>\n

He added that the voters\u2019 roll is currently available in hard copy and soon in electronic format but will not be made available on CD. Added Mangwana:<\/p>\n

The voters\u2019 roll is available in hard copy and soon in electronic format through a portal to adhere to the Electoral Act whose requirements do not allow unscrupulous elements to tamper with it and use it for commercial purposes.<\/p>\n

ZEC will provide both hard and electronic copies as per the law and no more CDs for duplication, tampering with, or commercialisation of personal data.<\/p>\n

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) secretary for elections Ian Makone said that ZEC should make the voters\u2019 roll easily accessible. He said:<\/p>\n

This is very crazy. When did they amend the Electoral Act for them to be able to make such changes?<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t audit the roll on the portal. Which law is guiding them to make the changes? It is also of concern that even the hard copy of the roll is not easily accessible.<\/p>\n

It costs $1 per page and has over 1 000 pages and can only be availed after 30 days of purchase.<\/p>\n

One requires a pick-up truck to carry it from the ZEC offices. The biggest question is why all that secretiveness on a public document? What does ZEC want to cover up?<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) insists it will not release the voters\u2019 roll on CDs saying this will protect the document from possible tampering. Electoral watchdogs have said that the voters\u2019 roll can be distributed in \u201cread-only\u201d mode, but ZEC spokesperson Jasper Mangwana told NewsDay that the decision not to use CDs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":68328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[1493,2189,12456,9131,7361,2492,351,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-68329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-africa-press","10":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","11":"tag-cd","12":"tag-jasper-mangwana","13":"tag-national-voters-roll","14":"tag-voters-roll","15":"tag-zec","16":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"\nNo More Voters\u2019 Roll On CD, Says ZEC - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) insists it will not release the voters\u2019 roll on CDs saying this will protect the ...\" \/>\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\/no-more-voters-roll-on-cd-says-zec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No More Voters\u2019 Roll On CD, Says ZEC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) insists it will not release the voters\u2019 roll on CDs saying this will protect the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/no-more-voters-roll-on-cd-says-zec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-26T07:49:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-26T10:21:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_21-63590a14cb77c.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/no-more-voters-roll-on-cd-says-zec\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/no-more-voters-roll-on-cd-says-zec\",\"name\":\"No More Voters\u2019 Roll On CD, Says ZEC - 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