Zec registers 260 000 new potential voters in mop-up exercise

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has registered at least 260 000 new potential voters since the launch of the biometric voter registration (BVR) mop-up exercise on January 10 this year.

According to the Zec website, a total of 259 412 new applicants had registered by close of business on Monday, pushing the number of registered voters to 5 138 894 people against a target of about seven million voters.

The mop-up exercise, which ends on February 8, is meant to cater for thousands of potential voters, mostly aliens and undocumented citizens, who had been left out in the initial four phases, which closed on December 19 last
year.

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