Counting began in Zimbabwe in the first election since the removal of former president Robert Mugabe, a watershed vote that could welcome a pariah state back into the international fold and spark an economic recovery.

The election is a two-horse race between 75-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a long-time Mugabe ally, and 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa, a lawyer and pastor who is vying to become Zimbabwe’s youngest head of state.

Mnangagwa is viewed as the frontrunner, though the latest opinion polls showed a tight race. There will be a runoff on Sept. 8 if no candidate wins more than half the votes.

Voting closed at 7 pm. The official result has to be announced within five days but there will likely be an indication of the outcome tomorrow.

The election winner faces the task of putting Zimbabwe back on track after 37 years of Mugabe rule tainted by corruption, mismanagement and diplomatic isolation that caused a crisis in a country that once had one of Africa’s most promising economies.

A credible vote is essential if Zimbabwe is to exit painful sanctions and secure the donor funding and investment needed to stem chronic cash shortages.

Chamisa said the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) was impeding voting in urban areas where he enjoys strong support but gave no evidence to back the claim.

“The people’s will being negated & undetermined due to these deliberate and unnecessary delays,” he said in a tweet. The ZEC was not immediately available to comment. It has denied Chamisa’s previous allegations of bias.

Reuters spoke to several international observers who said the voting process had been slow at some stations but it did not appear to them to be intentional.

Chamisa said his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) would win if there was no “ballot mischief”, making it likely he will challenge the outcome if Mnangagwa prevails. A contested result is likely to lead to street protests and possible violence.

EU chief observer Elmar Brok said many voters, particularly young women, left voting queues in frustration at long delays. The EU has not yet concluded how to judge the vote, he said.

Dozens of people were killed ahead of a runoff in 2008 between Mugabe and MDC-founder Morgan Tsvangirai, who died of cancer in February.

Mugabe, 94, led the war for independence and since 1980 has dominated the country’s politics. But since he stepped down under military pressure in November he has lived in obscurity.

He emerged on the eve of the election to announce he would vote for the opposition, surprising Mnangagwa who accused him of striking a deal with Chamisa.

Mugabe made no comment to reporters as he cast his ballot around lunchtime accompanied by his wife, Grace. A huge crowd gathered outside, some cheering, many booing.

Mnangagwa, a former intelligence chief, denied Mugabe’s claim that the vote would not be free since it was being run by a “military government”.

“I can assure you that this country is enjoying democratic space which has never been experienced before,” Mnangagwa told public television after voting.

Mnangagwa, of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF), has been President since the military ousted Mugabe in a bloodless coup.

Elections under Mugabe were often marred by intimidation, rigging and violence but the consensus is the build-up to this vote has been better than before, although Chamisa complained about a flawed voters’ roll and opaque ballot paper printing.

“Victory is certain, the people have spoken,” Chamisa said after casting his ballot in Harare as a cheering crowd chanted: “President! President! The president is here!”

“I have no doubt that by end of day today we should be very clear as to an emphatic voice for change.”

Chamisa has attracted young and unemployed voters frustrated with nearly four decades of ZANU–PF rule.

“I’ll vote for Chamisa because it is a vote for change, it is a vote for the youth. Tomorrow we will have a new president,” said Fabian Matsika, a security guard in Harare.

“ZANU-PF is the only party that I have voted for,” said Elizabeth Kamhunga, 67, after casting her vote in Harare. “We may have made some mistakes but I think President Mnangagwa is the only person who has the interests of Zimbabwe at heart.”

The European Union, the United States and the Commonwealth have sent observers.

“It is exciting to see so many Zimbabweans casting ballots,” said former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, co-leader of the National Democratic Institute’s observer mission.

(Disclaimer: The following is an overview of the current situation based on rumors/leaks from several sources which may or may not be truthful or accurate.)

Zimbabwe’s general election poll has closed.

The world now stands by and watches for the results.

The conclusion of Zimbabwe’s election is a significant step toward the RV/GCR.

We are nearing the end date for the RV.

Once the results are released, it will be smooth sailing toward the transition event.

Sources are silent as we await the results.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPdfFbAYelA&t=807s A video compilation that I put together.

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A week ago ( 7/2018) “they” NOAA controlled chem trails went away for a month, but one day they came back. The Lord Father, Holy Spirit told me Satan is the Price and Power of the air. a year ago. The only pryer that seem to work with other believers as well is to pray “for a mighty wind to come along and blow their experiment OUT OF OUR SKIIES! in Jesus’s Name! and it works, come back in a few hours and most of the tine the chem trials will be gone. Last week I saw the trails again, was bummed and I prayed for the wind and went back to work. Later that day near sunset time, I went out side to see the most interesting sky I saw 2 angles formed out of clouds with high circling wings, I wish I could have taken a photo, I ran to get my phone that I use for a camera, but the batteries were dead and needed recharging. Well it was a beautiful site the chem trails are gone and the two angels and circular ring of clouds. Then about a 1/2 hour later the sunset was red and orange the 2 angel looking white clouds were gone and now, their was demon looking clouds instead, red skulls with teeth, in the night sky and the chem trails were back and the sprayed FAKE clouds glowed red, while the natural clouds were white/gray. I thought the metal particulates is reactive to the magnetosphere effects on earth, as the Aurora Borealis gets effected by our magnetosphere. I was night and day red aerosol clouds amongst white /gray night time clouds. I took photos of the demon like clouds, but the camera photos came out dark and black. It was almost night fall at the time.

I was bummed to see the demons after the angel left? I also saw black demons running access my yard and it made me pray to post link angels over my property. At first I thought I was making this all up in my head and I prayed and the Lord told me no Andrew this is a sign that I want you to share with the people who will listen. Instantly I thought of Gary Larrabee or Linda or Pastor Paul Begley, or Jeff Beckwith, Anthony Patch might like to read this. My conclusion was it is a battle to the end and that our prayers against chem trails are heard and working. I pray a laser takes down the plane as it sprays, take out that plane Oh Lord, but that prayer does not work, only the wind blowing them out prayer works. Not mixing up and blending with the clouds, I mean all clouds blow away and gone, no mixing and gray of of skies. God has put me into a lot of spiritual battles my whole life, ever since I was SAVED. The demons flee from my command, only though Jesus, I take no pride in this at all, it is all him, we are all worthless sinners. My last name is Batty, in which Webster’s says I am crazy, but the Lord tells me it means Battalion Commander and your not crazy, but the world may think you are.

Pray against the demons of death in our skies who are in bed with THEY the one who sit on top of the cyclops eye pyramid if death. The Wrathchild’s of disobedience Ephs. 2:2