Elections 2020: Mass Voters’ Registration exercise underway

The mass voters’ registration exercise towards the compilation of a new electoral roll commences today, June, 30 2020.

The new voters’ register, according to Ghana’s Electoral Commission, will ensure the ‘sanctity’ of the upcoming 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections.

The exercise will be held at 6,788 clusters made up of five registration centres each across the country.

This covers over 33,367 registration centres situated within the country.

It will be conducted in five phases, each phase spanning six days with additional days for mop-up.

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As spelt out by the EC, the exercise will be guided the provision of the C.I 126

“For avoidance of doubt CI 126 spells out the requirement for proof of identification for the purposes of this registration;

3. ‘A person who applies for registration as a voter shall provide as evidence of identification one of the following:

 A passport

 A National Identification Card issued by the National Identification Authority; or

One voter registration identification guarantee form  as set out in Form One of Schedule, that has been completed and signed by two registered voters”

The EC has assured that it will observe a strict, mandatory hand washing and nose mask guidelines, deploy thermometer guns for first-hand screening of applicants, provide hand sanitizers for use as well as maintaining a strict one-meter physical distance between applicants.

Also, to ensure compliance to the safety protocols the Commission says 7,000 health assistants have also been released by the Ghana Health Service to help with the exercise.