Violence driving away potential voters: ERC

POLITICAL violence is dissuading many Zimbabweans from registering to vote in general elections, a recent report by the Election Resource Centre (ERC) has shown.

ERC said the number of new registered voters for the 2023 elections showed a 2% increase from the 2018 figures — from 5 695 706 to around 5,8 million people.

Zimbabwe Election Support Network chairperson Andrew Makoni yesterday said lack of voter education and violence associated with the electoral processes in the country were the major pushbacks for people to register to vote.

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