Bolgatanga East lawmaker, Dr. Dominic Ayine
Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga East, Dr. Dominic Ayine has described the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to re-exhibit the voter register online as laughable.
He pointed out that many people in peri-urban and rural areas, including his constituency, do not have smartphones to check the register online.
“This decision is laughable,” he said on the Key Points on TV3 on Saturday, September 28, 2024.
The EC had assured the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the general public that it would re-exhibit the corrected Provisional Voters Register (PVR) online before printing the Final Register for the 2024 Elections.
This assurance was in response to a petition submitted by the NDC following a demonstration on Tuesday, September 17, 2024.
The NDC had demanded a five-day re-exhibition of the Provisional Voters Register after a forensic audit, to allow registered voters, including those affected by errors, to verify their details and ensure the integrity of the Voters Register.
They argued that without such a re-exhibition, many legitimate voters would be disenfranchised.
In response, the EC stated, “Whilst the Commission is not opposed to undertaking another Physical Exhibition of the corrected PVR in the entire 40,000 plus Exhibition Centres, given the amount of time it takes to print and distribute the PVR (some four weeks), it will not be feasible to achieve this due to the limited time to the General Election.
“The Commission intends to implement an Online Exhibition of the PVR at no cost to Registered Voters. Voters will be able to report anomalies with their details within a time frame to be made available to the Public. The Voters Register will be displayed Online until Election Day.”
Regarding the NDC’s call for a forensic audit, the EC said, “The Commission is of the view that the legal and administrative processes laid down to clean the PVR have not been fully exhausted to justify the calls for a Forensic Audit. We entreat the public to trust us to carry out our mandate.”
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