ZIMBABWE ELECTION SUPPORT NETWORK FINAL REPORT OF THE 2018 VOTERS’ ROLL AUDIT 2018 ABOUT THE ZIMBABWE ELECTION SUPPORT NETWORK The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) is a coalition of 36 non-governmental organizations formed to co-ordinate activities pertaining to elections. The major focus of the Network is to promote democratic processes in general and free and fair elections in particular. ZESN was also established to standardize the NGOs’ election-related activities and methodology, as well as to ensure wider geographical coverage and co-ordination of activities. The broad aim of the Network is therefore to enhance the electoral process in Zimbabwe in order to promote democracy and good governance in general, and free and fair elections in particular, whilst adhering to internationally acceptable standards. The vision of ZESN is a Zimbabwe where a democratic electoral environment and processes are upheld and its mission is to promote democratic elections in Zimbabwe. The objectives of ZESN are: To enhance citizen participation in issues of governance and democracy To promote democratic free and fair electoral processes through objectively and impartially monitoring and observing elections To promote the creation of a legal framework and an election culture for free and fair elections. To effectively gather, disseminate and communicate objective information about elections and other democratic processes. In pursuing its vision, mission and objectives, ZESN is guided by the following values: Democratic, free and fair elections Secrecy of the ballot Democracy Mutual respect and tolerance Respect for human rights Transparency Accountability Peace Informed citizen participation Non-discrimination Gender equality Gender sensitivity Non-partisanship 2 ©Zimbabwe Election Support Network – Final Voters Roll Audit Report 2018 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ZESN expresses its heartfelt gratitude to the field enumerators and supervisors who dedicated time and effort to conduct the field tests. ZESN is also indebted to its Technical Partners the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and independent consultants from Kenya and Zimbabwe who assisted with the Computer Audit. ZESN also greatly appreciates financial support from the European Union, without which it would have been impossible to conduct the Audit. ZESN is indebted to its Secretariat who spent relentless hours working on the project. 3 ©Zimbabwe Election Support Network – Final Voters Roll Audit Report 2018 CONTENTS ZIMBABWE ELECTION SUPPORT NETWORK ............................................................................................. 1 FINAL REPORT OF THE 2018 ........................................................................................................................ 1 VOTERS’ ROLL AUDIT .................................................................................................................................. 1 2018 ............................................................................................................................................................... 1 ABOUT THE ZIMBABWE ELECTION SUPPORT NETWORK.............................................................................. 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................................................. 3 LIST OF ACROYNMS ....................................................................................................................................... 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................. 7 LEGAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................................................... 10 Requirements for Registration ............................................................................................................ 10 Registration and Inspection of the Voters’ Roll .................................................................................. 12 De-duplication process .......................................................................................................................... 13 OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................................................. 13 MEASUREMENT CRITERIA ........................................................................................................................... 13 METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................................................... 14 Computer Audit ..................................................................................................................................... 14 People-to-list .......................................................................................................................................... 14 List-to-people ......................................................................................................................................... 14 SAMPLING ................................................................................................................................................... 15 List-to-people ......................................................................................................................................... 15 People-to-list .......................................................................................................................................... 17 QUALITY CONTROL AND DATA ANALYSIS ................................................................................................... 20 Quality control ....................................................................................................................................... 20 Data Collection and Analysis ................................................................................................................ 20 LIMITATIONS AND CHALLENGES ................................................................................................................. 20 COMPUTER AUDIT OF THE 2018 PRELIMINARY VOTERS’ ROLL (PVR) ........................................................ 22 DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................................................... 22 4 ©Zimbabwe Election Support Network – Final Voters Roll Audit Report 2018 Number of Registrants .......................................................................................................................... 22 Registrants by Geography ................................................................................................................. 22 Registrants by Age on 30 July 2018 ................................................................................................... 26 ACCURACY .................................................................................................................................................. 32 Missing Data .......................................................................................................................................... 32 Unclean Data .......................................................................................................................................... 32 Too Young or Too Old Registrants ....................................................................................................... 32 Potentially Incorrect Date of Birth ....................................................................................................... 32 Potential Duplicates .............................................................................................................................. 34 Mismatching Information ..................................................................................................................... 34 Multiple Registrants with the Same Location (Address) ................................................................... 36 Locations (Addresses) with Registrants Registered in Two or More Wards ................................... 40 CURRENCY (UP-TO-DATENESS) ................................................................................................................ 40 Registrants ............................................................................................................................................. 40 Registrants by Geography .................................................................................................................... 41 Registrants by Gender ......................................................................................................................... 51 Registrants by Age .............................................................................................................................. 54 COMPLETENESS ......................................................................................................................................... 59 Number of registrants .......................................................................................................................... 59 Registrants by Geography ................................................................................................................... 59 Registrants by Gender ........................................................................................................................