Law barring Zimbabweans from voting over lengthy absence challenged

HARARE – A law under which Zimbabweans who are absent from the country for a continuous 12 months can be stripped of their voting rights and prevented from running for political office has been challenged as unconstitutional. Prominent Bulawayo lawyer Nqobani Sithole filed a High Court application on Tuesday seeking to have section 23(3) of the Electoral Act declared invalid. He is represented by…

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