In the unlikely event that you continue to have trouble with this problem I would note that it may be possible to have trusted people outside your country work on it and send back the results in formats that should be relatively easy to load into MySQL. MySQL has backup facilities, including a program called mysqldump, that dump records from a table or database in text formats that should load fairly reliably. Some formats are included below. Be aware that different countries may have different date, time and currency formats which are controlled by MySQL locale variables.
Of course I would expect that there would be concerns about the trustworthiness of those doing the imports and forwarding them in such a case. Other than the issue of trust, I would be happy to help as, I think, would others.
My expertise in this kind of approach is somewhat limited and I welcome commentary on this suggestion.
Some sample mysqldump formats:
(As recommended by another poster, data has been cleansed to attempt to mask voter identities)
INSERT INTO `voters` VALUES ('GXXX','MELANIE','XXX','F','1982-05-22',22,5,1982,'XX- XXXXXXX XX','202 XXXXXXXXXX XXXX COURT HARARE','640463','7','MT PLEASANT');
INSERT INTO `voters` VALUES ('O\'GXXX','MELANIE','XXX','F','1982-05-22',22,5,1982,'XX- XXXXXXX XX','19 XXXXX STRATHAVEN HARARE','640463','7','MT PLEASANT');
INSERT INTO `voters` VALUES ('WXXXXX','HOPE','','F','1985-07-23',23,7,1985,'XX- XXXXXXX XX','17 XXXXXXX DR STRATHAVEN HARARE','640463','7','MT PLEASANT');
INSERT INTO `voters` VALUES ('MXXXXXXXXXX','KEVIN','XXXXXXXX','M','1981-11-18',18,11,1981,'XX- XXXXXXX XX','24A XXXXXXXXXX XXXX AVONDALE HARARE','640463','7','MT PLEASANT');
INSERT INTO `voters` VALUES ('DXXXX','NELSON','','M','1986-03-30',30,3,1986,'XX- XXXXXXX XX','10A XXXXXXXXXXXXX ROAD STRATHAVEN HARARE','640463','7','MT PLEASANT');
INSERT INTO `voters` VALUES ('LXXXXXXXX','TAARIQ','','M','1987-08-14',14,8,1987,'XX- XXXXXXX XX','24A XXXXXXXXXX XXXX AVONDALE HARARE','640463','7','MT PLEASANT');
INSERT INTO `voters` VALUES ('RXXXXXX','SUVRO','XXXX','M','1988-07-22',22,7,1988,'XX- XXXXXXX XX','18 XXXXXXXX AVE STRATHAVEN HARARE','640463','7','MT PLEASANT');
INSERT INTO `voters` VALUES ('GXXX','MELANIE','XXX','F','1982-05-22',22,5,1982,'XX- XXXXXXX XX','202 XXXXXXXXXX XXXX COURT HARARE','640463','7','MT PLEASANT'),('O\'GXXX','MELANIE','XXX','F','1982-05-22',22,5,1982,'XX- XXXXXXX XX','19 XXXXX STRATHAVEN HARARE','640463','7','MT PLEASANT'),('WXXXXX','HOPE','','F','1985-07-23',23,7,1985,'XX- XXXXXXX XX','17 XXXXXXX DR STRATHAVEN HARARE','640463','7','MT PLEASANT'),('MXXXXXXXXXX','KEVIN','XXXXXXXX','M','1981-11-18',18,11,1981,'XX- XXXXXXX XX','24A XXXXXXXXXX XXXX AVONDALE HARARE','640463','7','MT PLEASANT'),('DXXXX','NELSON','','M','1986-03-30',30,3,1986,'XX- XXXXXXX XX','10A XXXXXXXXXXXXX ROAD STRATHAVEN HARARE','640463','7','MT PLEASANT'),('LXXXXXXXX','TAARIQ','','M','1987-08-14',14,8,1987,'XX- XXXXXXX XX','24A XXXXXXXXXX XXXX AVONDALE HARARE','640463','7','MT PLEASANT'),('RXXXXXX','SUVRO','XXXX','M','1988-07-22',22,7,1988,'XX- XXXXXXX XX','18 XXXXXXXX AVE STRATHAVEN HARARE','640463','7','MT PLEASANT');
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