CCC: Our Polling Agents Unearthed An Illegal Polling Station In A Bush

Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has claimed that its polling agents discovered an illegal polling station in the middle of a bush in Kwekwe.

This is happening barely hours before the nation conducts by-elections on the 26th of March. In a Twitter post, seen by Pindula News, CCC national spokesperson, Fadzayi Mahere, said the party’s lawyers were now seized with the matter. Said Mahere:

In Kwekwe, our election agents have unearthed an illegal polling station in the middle of a bush very far away from residential areas. This violates section 51 of the Electoral Act. Our lawyers are seized with the matter. 

Mahere also said the party’s polling agents had discovered that ZEC changed V11 forms. She said:

Our polling agents at Alfreid Beit School Polling Station discovered @ZECzim changed V11 forms from being 1 page back to back to 2 pages. 1st page will be signed by agents & 2nd page will have the results. The danger is p2 will be tampered with. We’ve raised the issue with ZEC.

In Mash West, our polling agents attended a @ZECzim training where they were told the names & details of all voters would be captured at the entrance for “Covid purposes”. Recording voter details in this way is illegal & a known intimidation tactic used by Zanu in rural areas.

She added that CCC election agents are working tirelessly in by-election areas and unearthing malpractices by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.

Mahere reiterated that they’re watching the election closely to unearth rigging and electoral malpractices. 

She also repeated that ZEC is unfit for purpose citing anomalies on the voters’ roll an alleged incident in which a ZEC official was “caught red-handed at Mhizha Primary School with ballot papers to be used in tomorrow’s by-election.”

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