REGISTRAR-GENERAL OF ELECTIONS & ORS v TSVANGIRAI 2002 (1) ZLR 204 (S)

2002 (1) ZLR p204

Flynote

Constitutional law — Constitution of Zimbabwe 1980 — "common roll" — meaning — whether denotes single roll or sum total of constituency rolls

Constitutional law — Constitution of Zimbabwe 1980 — s 28(2) — presidential election — registration of voters — residential requirements for registration — poll at presidential election — whether voters must be permitted to vote outside their parliamentary constituencies

Constitutional law — Constitution of Zimbabwe 1980 —Schedule 3, para 3 — qualifications for voters — citizens who renounce their citizenship — whether they remain qualified to vote if they were resident in Zimbabwe at end of 1985

Constitutional law —interpretation of Constitution — background material — use of parliamentary debates in interpreting provisions of Constitution

Elections — Electoral Act [Chapter 2:01] — "common roll" — meaning —whether denotes single roll or sum total of constituency rolls

Elections — Electoral Act [Chapter 2:01] — s 25 — procedure for objecting to continued registration of voters — whether procedure applies when voter has renounced Zimbabwean citizenship

Elections — presidential election — registration of voters — residential requirements for registration — poll at presidential election — whether

2002 (1) ZLR p205

Chidyausiku CJ

voters must be permitted to vote outside their parliamentary constituencies

Words and phrases — "common roll" — Constitution and Electoral Act [Chapter 2:01] — whether denotes single roll or sum total of constituency rolls