{"id":437001,"date":"2011-06-06T17:56:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T17:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/06\/zimbabwe-phantom-voters-exposed\/"},"modified":"2011-06-06T17:56:27","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T17:56:27","slug":"zimbabwe-phantom-voters-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/zimbabwe-phantom-voters-exposed\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe &#8216;phantom voters&#8217; exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"71.778143877\"><span><span>6 June 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>13:56 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A leaked version of Zimbabwe&#8217;s voters&#8217; roll contains some 2.5m too many names, according to a report by a respected South African organisation.<\/p>\n<p>There are more than 41,000 people aged over 100 &#8211; four times more than in the UK, which has a far larger population and longer life expectancy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This phantom vote is more than enough to settle the outcome of any election,&#8221; said the author, Richard Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>President Robert Mugabe has called for elections to be held this year.<\/p>\n<p>But his long-time rival, and prime minister in the power-sharing government, Morgan Tsvangirai, says they should be held in 2012 after a new constitution has been passed to ensure they are free and fair.<\/p>\n<p>The 2008 elections were marred by violence against Mr Tsvangirai&#8217;s supporters, and observers have alleged widespread fraud in previous polls.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions have been rising recently between supporters of Mr Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai, as elections draw near.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Johnson says Zimbabwe&#8217;s government has been at pains to keep the voters&#8217; roll secret but he managed to obtain a copy, which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sairr.org.za\/media\/media-releases\/Many%20Zimbabwean%20voters%20are%20centenarians%20and%20some%20are%20in%20prams.pdf\/view\" title=\"South African Institute of Race Relations press release\">he analysed for the South African Institute of Race Relations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He notes that, although Zimbabwe&#8217;s life expectancy has dropped to 49, there were 41,100 voters aged over 100.<\/p>\n<p>He also found that 16,800 people shared the same date of birth &#8211; 1 January 1901.<\/p>\n<p>Some 230 voters were aged below 18, some of whom were below two years of age.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If experience is any guide, phantom voters are likely to vote early and often in the next Zimbabwean poll,&#8221; Mr Johnson said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-africa-13674841\" title=\"Zimbabwe 'phantom voters' exposed\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zimbabwe &#8216;phantom voters&#8217; exposed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 6 June 2011 Last updated at 13:56 ET A leaked version of Zimbabwe&#8217;s voters&#8217; roll contains some 2.5m too many names, according to a report by a respected South African organisation. There are more than 41,000 people aged over 100 &#8211; four times more than in the UK, which has a far larger population and longer life expectancy. &#8220;This phantom vote is more than enough to settle the outcome of any election,&#8221; said the author, Richard Johnson. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zimbabwe &#039;phantom voters&#039; exposed - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/zimbabwe-phantom-voters-exposed\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Zimbabwe &#039;phantom voters&#039; exposed - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"6 June 2011 Last updated at 13:56 ET A leaked version of Zimbabwe&#039;s voters&#039; roll contains some 2.5m too many names, according to a report by a respected South African organisation. 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