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Zimbabwe Electoral Commission; through the eyeball of a youth

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission  (ZEC) has been nothing but a pre-21 century entity marred with patriarchal attitude and behavior that find youths as nothing but second class citizens. I have no sweet words for this institution as it has showed no remorse to the youths.   The behavior and precedence by ZEC has shown that it is careless for the participation of youths in its entire process. It is imperative that the youths constitute 47% of the voting population (RAU 2103) a significant population to participate in all electoral process. Gawkily they are not even ashamed that a paltry 8.87% was on the 2013 voters roll and seems doing well in keeping youths at bay.  ZEC has been established through the Constitution of Zimbabwe, amendment No.20 of 2013. Established as a commission supporting democracy, democracy is the will of the people by the people for the people. The youths called for the removal of proof of residence for the youths to freely take part in the Democrati