Fredrick Moyo
Masvingo province recorded a total of 6 538 people who registered to vote during the month of May, with 2 280 transfers, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) provincial office has confirmed.
Masvingo ZEC Deputy Provincial Election Officer (PEO) Maxwell Ncube said registration figures are increasing while at the same time he encouraged people to register to vote even though the voters roll is closed for delimitation purposes.
“We are happy with the turnout and the month of May shows that we have a great increase in numbers of voter registrants and that increase might be attributed to stakeholder involvement in mobilizing people to register and also issuance of National Identity cards.
Also the panic when people saw a notice about the closure of the voters roll raised the numbers as some thought the voters roll is closed for the purpose of the upcoming general elections.
“We continue encouraging all eligible voters to register to vote, our offices will remain open and the voters roll is open for those who want to participate in the upcoming general elections,” said Ncube.
From the 6 538 people who registered to vote in May, there are 3 464 females and 3 074 males, while from the 2 280 transfers there are 1 313 females and 967 males.
Recently, ZEC closed the national voters roll for the purpose of delimitation. The commission slated the delimitation exercise for a period of seven months and it commenced on June 1, 2022 and continue into the culmination of the drafting of a preliminary report or until December 31, 2022.
