Peaceful, but we don’t know what we’re voting for
Citizen feedback coming in via text messages:
Very,very low turn out. Asked some women and they said they don’t know what they are voting for.
CHEGUTU-PEOPLE-VOTING-PEACEFULLY, BUT-DON’T-KNOW-WHAT-THEY-ARE-VOTING-FOR.
Turn out was bad in Mutare.
We went for the referendum; our children & us still have hunger and suffering just like in the book Animal Farm. Clearing a path 4 someone to enjoy while we suffer: no jobs.
The majority of the masses in Byo high dens.sub say are not voting because they haven’t seen the new Constitution and its contents.
Mvuma Constituency has been hit by very serious voter apathy. As of 1630, 3 polling stations had no voters at sight. This is caused by lack of voter education.
Am observing in MUDZI ward 5. No reports of violence.
Here in Bikita South the voter turn out was low because voters don’t know what they are voting 4.
In Zvimba West some politically driven Kraal Heads have been subjecting citizens to line-up behind them at the polls.
History repeats itself. Lobengula voted for what he did not understand. Most Zimbabweans voted for what they do not understand.
There is voter apathy.
Where I have voted, there was very few people.
Am in Hotsprings we never saw a copy of draft constitution, but we are voting.
Chipinge central, ward 2, people are voting peaceful, sharing jokes even with well known thugs who used to harass people.
Low turn out. People cite inaccessibility of draft. So don’t know what to vote for. Feel being taken 4 a ride. Enthusiasm missing. Buhera West ward 3.
There is rampant voter apathy here in Chegutu.
People at Golden Valley & Patchway have come out in large numbers to vote & most of them voted yes, the reason was because both parties said we should vote yes.
Am in Highfield, few people cast their votes but majority are not interested, they seem not to put value into it. More education on voting is required.