Zimbabwe Electoral Commission & Anor v The Commissioner General Zimbabwe Republic Police & 19 Ors

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether Section 81B(2) of the Electoral Act prohibits special voters who failed to vote due to the State's failure to provide ballot papers from voting in the general election","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Failure to provide ballot papers to 26,160 special voters"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the constitutional right to vote under Section 67 can be derogated by the failure of the State to facilitate special voting","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"State's logistical failure"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether Parliament intended Section 81B(2) to apply where the State failed to put necessary measures in place for special voting","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Interpretation of statutory provision"}

Background