IEC justifies Zim trip

In a press statement the IEC said the machine is used to produce accreditation cards for individuals who come to observe elections in the country. The IEC expressed concerns over the efficiency of their current accreditation system, which prompted them to seek insights from the ZEC's machine. The press statement highlighted the IEC's desire to improve their accreditation process by learning from the best practices of other election management bodies.

"Currently the IEC accredits both local and international election observers manually and this is not efficient," says the statement. In their statement, the IEC emphasized that the ZEC's accreditation machine has been widely praised in various reports, positioning it as a model to emulate. By undertaking this benchmarking exercise, the IEC aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the ZEC's machine and compare it with accreditation systems in other countries within the region.