New Voters' Register compilation to begin on April 18, 2020

According to Mr Tettey speaking to Graphic, said after the 43-day registration period, the EC would provide a five-day mopping up period to take care of any exigencies.

New Voters' Register compilation to begin on April 18, 2020
New Voters' Register compilation to begin on April 18, 2020

The Electoral Commission will begin compiling a new voters’ register on April 18, 2020, Graphic Online reports.

The New Voters’ Register has been the talk of the town among opposition parties led by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in an Inter-Party Resistance against New Register demonstration in Kumasi and Tamale yet the EC, however, maintains it needs to replace the register in order to deliver a credible election.

The Commission, among other factors, says biometric verification devices linked to the current register are worn out.

According to report, the Commission intends to complete the exercise by May 30, 2020 and expects to exhibit the new register from August 15 to August 28, 2020.

 

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Confirming these, Deputy Chairperson of the EC in charge of Operations, Mr Samuel Tettey said the EC will deploy 8,000 registration devices to cover the 32,000 polling stations across the country.

He explained that the EC would use the cluster system for the registration, where four polling stations would form a cluster.

He said although the EC intended to spend 10 days at each cluster, mindful of the fact that the voting population in some polling stations was high, it might exceed the days at some polling stations to ensure that all eligible voters were registered.

Mr Tettey, according to Graphic, said after the 43-day registration period, the EC would provide a five-day mopping up period to take care of any exigencies.

The EC, meanwhile, says it remains committed to engaging all stakeholders in the lead-up to the December 2020 elections.