THE majority of youths above 18 years of age who were eligible to vote in the constitutional referendum shunned casting their votes despite figures from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) indicating that more than three million Zimbabweans voted during the one-day polling. Results released by ZEC on Tuesday showed that the YES vote prevailed, amassing 3 079 966, which is 94, 5 percent of the total valid votes cast.
The NO vote, encouraged by Lovemore Madhuku's National Consti-tutional Assembly, polled 179 489, which is 5, 5 percent of the total valid votes cast. There were 56 627 spoilt votes.
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