Zanzibar Closes Voter Register

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Zanzibar’s Electoral Commission (ZEC) closed its permanent voter register with 717,557 eligible voters for the October election, striking 8,325 names for ineligibility. Women comprise 53% of the electorate, and youth aged 18–35 make up 45%. ZEC will run 457 main polling stations and 1,752 sub-stations, including 50 special early-voting stations for security personnel and officials. ACT-Wazalendo criticized early voting as a potential fraud risk, while ZEC defended it as necessary.