EC presents last licensed copies of voters register to political events, unbiased candidates
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Wednesday introduced tender copies of the ultimate licensed voters register for the December 7 normal election to all political events and unbiased candidates contesting within the polls.
This is in accordance with sub-regulation 4 of the Constitutional Instrument (C.1) 91.
The register, which comprises the legitimate voters register, the exceptions listing, multiples listing, the transferred voters listing, absent voters listing, manual verification listing, proxy voters listing in addition to the particular voters listing, have been introduced to the events on an exterior arduous drive.
An announcement signed by the Deputy Chairman, Operations of the EC, Samuel Tettey, and copied to The Ghanaian Times mentioned within the spirit of equity and transparency, the Commission additional supplied summary of the above listing on regional foundation to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) upon request.
“Although the Commission just isn’t required by regulation to offer statistics of the assorted lists to events, within the spirit of responsiveness, it granted the request by the NDC.
To improve transparency and accountability, the EC took the time to generate the summaries requested on regional foundation. The public ought to notice that since 1992, the EC has at all times supplied solely tender copies of the licensed voters register to the political events with out the breakdown of statistics requested by the NDC”, the assertion emphasised.
According to the EC, it had delivered on its promise as made on October 15 through the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting to launch the licensed voters register throughout the first week of November 2024.
“The Commission assures all stakeholders that the certified voters register is robust and credible. We urged the public to support the Commission to deliver free, fair, transparent and credible elections in December 2024,” the assertion held.
BY TIMES REPORTER
