Removal of Deceased Persons from Voters Roll
ZEC published a list of registered voters believed to have died and will remove them from the voters roll — anyone wrongly listed had seven days from 20 June 2025 to object in Harare or at a provincial office.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission gave notice under section 33(4) of the Electoral Act that voter registration officers believe the people named in the Schedule have died, and that their names will be removed from the voters roll.
Anyone on the list who is in fact alive was directed to lodge an objection with ZEC within seven days of publication. The notice was published on 20 June 2025, so the objection window closed at the end of June 2025.
Objections could be lodged at ZEC's head office, Mahachi Quantum, 1 Nelson Mandela Avenue, corner Kaguvi Street and Jason Moyo Avenue, Harare, or at the respective Commission Provincial Offices. ZEC may also withdraw the objection on representations made to it.
The Schedule is a long tabulated list giving each person's surname, forename, ID number, gender, date of birth, voter address, polling station, constituency and date of death. It runs to many hundreds of entries across constituencies including Beitbridge East and West, Gwanda-Tshitaudze, Gwanda North, Lupane West, Bubi, Mwenezi West, Tsholotsho North, Epworth South and Gweru-Urban. The extracted text was truncated well short of the end of that list, so this summary does not attempt to reproduce or count the names — the gazette itself is the only complete record of who is on it.
What changed
- Names in the Schedule will be removed from the voters roll as deceased
- Objections had to be lodged within seven days of publication on 20 June 2025
- Objections could be made at ZEC head office in Harare or at any Commission Provincial Office
- ZEC may withdraw the objection on representations made to it
- The full list of names is only in the gazette; the extract available here is truncated
Who this affects
- relatives of deceased registered voters
- anyone wrongly listed as deceased on the voters roll
- voters in the constituencies named in the Schedule
- political parties and election observers auditing the roll
- ZEC provincial offices handling objections
Plain-language summary — not legal advice. Always read the full instrument.