Zimbabwean authorities defend new electoral register

Zimbabwean authorities have defended the new electoral register after allegations that thousands of fake names, duplicates and names of dead people have been registered to cast ballots in the July 30 Presidential election. 

The country's electoral register has been a contentious feature and has been cited of being at the core of vote rigging under ousted leader Robert Mugabe.  

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission took a full-page advert in local papers to dismiss allegations that the new roll compiled via biometric registration was riddled with errors. It said it has checked all alleged ghost names. 

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has vowed to break with the past, promising an election free of violence, intimidation and fraud. 

SOURCE: NEWS24
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