Voter transfer process outdated - analysts

This is so because the act disadvantages the voter from exercising his/her right to make a transfer because the exercise is very expensive.  For one to transfer s/he has to travel to the area where s/he wishes to transfer at and it could be done at the IEC offices. 

“For the IEC Act to be reviewed, it needs a referendum to be done.  At first the clause was good because it wanted to avoid issues of voter trafficking and others. But at the same time, it is disadvantaging ordinary voters who want to vote at their home villages.  The exercise on its own is expensive because one has to travel to make a transfer and back again to vote.  It is time we benchmark on how other developed countries are dealing with the issue of transfer. As much as one could register where s/he works, I think there could be a way in which one does a transfer and it is verified whether it is his or her principal residence without one having to travel a long distance,” political analyst Lesole Machacha said.