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THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has succumbed to pressure from opposition parties and civil society groups and reverted to the old set-up of the polling booths, thus allowing voters to cast their ballot in privacy.BY VENERANDA LANGA Zec had earlier announced plans to have voters cast their ballots while facing polling officials to avoid incidences where they would take selfies while inside the ballot box.In previous elections, the voting booth faced the wall, with the voter able to vote without anyone closely watching.The decision was, however, fiercely resisted by the opposition and civil society groups, who described the proposed set-up as anathema to democracy.Election Resource Centre director Tawanda Chimhini was more blunt, saying: “When everyone in the world is moving towards making the secrecy of the ballot a priority, Zec is trying hard to do the reverse.”Zec commissioner Qhubani Moyo said the reversal was made following their routine national multi-party liaison committee meetings to resolve contentious issues ahead of general elections on Monday.Fears had been raised that the initial suggestions by Zec that the booths should face the polling officers will not safeguard the secrecy of the vote, particularly the rural electorate who in previous elections were made to believe that it was possible to see who they voted for.“Today, we held the last national multi-party liaison committee meeting with contesting political parties and independent candidates to consider requests made to the commission, and the commission conceded to a request to keep the voting booth as it has been placed traditionally,” Moyo said.“It also agreed as per the requirements of law that the numbers of ballot papers printed be published.”Moyo said Zec, however, rejected a request for random testing of ballot papers on polling day to see if the marked “X” placed for one’s preferred candidate would mutate to another candidate.“Zec saw it as without substance or justification and will be an administrative nightmare and potential source of conflict.The commission is satisfied that the ballot paper is foul-proof and cannot be tampered with,” he said.Independent electoral watchdog Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) yesterday welcomed Zec’s decision to revert to the old set-up used in previous elections.“Zesn applauds Zec for taking into consideration the concerns raised by e
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