ACE Electoral News
ACE Electoral News
- Mugabe secretly registers rural voters in urban areas, ZimOnline (2007)
- ZAPU PF registers rural voters in urban ares to weaken opposition strongholds.
- War veterans want Tsvangirai barred from presidential poll, ZimOnline (2007)
- Veterans of Zimbabwe’s 1970s liberation war don't want Morgan Tsvangirai to contest next year’s presidential election.
- Voter registration. What registration? Who registered?, The Zimbabwean (2007)
- Presidential and Parliamentary elections of March 2008, have generated much controversy but some analysts warn they could turn out to be a non-event.
- HIV and AIDS Implications to the 2008 elections, Zim Daily (2007)
- HIV and Aids activists, health experts and political analysts agree there are many key issues related to the performance of electoral democracy.
- Parties Make Progress in Electoral Talks, All Africa (2007)
- Zanu (PF) and the MDC have agreed on several aspects of the contentious electoral process.
- 2008 polls: Chinamasa speaks, The Herald (2007)
- Patrick Chinamasa is expected to table before Parliament the amendments to Constitutional Amendment Number 18 Bill, aiming to harmonise presidential and parliamentary elections with effect from 2008.
- MDC ‘pushed’ to accept vote plans, Business Day (2007)
- Opposition was pressed by international mediators into accepting the framework for next year’s elections.
- Civil society groups backtrack on dumping MDC, SW Radio Africa (2007)
- Civil Society groups do not agree with the MDC on the constitutional amendment #18
- Zimbabwean opposition to participate in election after talks, The Tide News (2007)
- President Mugabe is the determining factor of the participation of MDC in the 2008 general elections.
- Civic group begins voter education in rural areas, Zim Online (2007)
- Voter Education has begun in rural areas that are the backbone of support for President Robert Mugabe and his government.
- Concerns growing in Zimbabwe about elections next March, ZW News (2007)
- People are worried about the credibility of the 2008 general elections in Zimbabwe.
- MDC wants all-party meeting over voter registration, Zim Online (2007)
- MDC has asked the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to convene an all-party meeting.
- Harare says elections to go ahead as scheduled, Zim Online (2007)
- Patrick Chinamasa said no election date has changed.
- Elections body rejects MDC request to discuss voter registration, Zim Online (2007)
- The ZEC has turned down the opposition's all party voter registration request.
- Zimbabwe election tainted by violence and rights abuses, Zim Online (2008)
- Political violence by state security forces played a major role tainting elections scheduled for next month.
- Shortages worsen as ZANU-PF diverts resources to elections, SW Radio News (2008)
- The Ruling Party is reportedly using basic goods to strengthen its election campaign.
- Zimbabwe Electoral Commission on the Police, VOA News (2008)
- Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Tells Police To Keep Distance From Polls
- Zimbabwe Presidential Election Heats Up
- Presidential election campaign is taking shape and generating heat as the three leading contenders sharpen their criticisms of each other.
- SADC chief in Zimbabwe
- Southern African Development Community (SADC) executive secretary is expected in Harare today to launch the regional bloc’s observer mission to Zimbabwe’s month end elections.
- Zimbabwe: ZEC Election Funds Run Out (2009)
- The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission does not have money to hold by-elections in constituencies that have fallen vacant across the country in recent months.
