The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Bill:
Will It Improve the Electoral Process?

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Summary

Recommendations

To the government of Zimbabwe

To the Southern African Development Community

Background

SADC’s Electoral Charter

Five Cases of Electoral Management Laws in SADC: Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, and South Africa

Zimbabwe’s Electoral Commission Bill

Independence and impartiality and the composition of the proposed Commission

Insufficient restrictions to eliminate partisan Commissioners

Ministerial intervention

Excessive Commission control over voter education

Adding to confusion over mandates

Conclusion

November 2004

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