The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has again rejected demand for a forensic audit of the provisional voters register, with 72 days left for the December 7 general elections.
The Commission says it does not require external assistance in its line of operations and that, there are already self-cleansing mechanisms adjudication committees which involves District Registration Review Officers to ensure all discrepancies are corrected before the printing of the final register.
In an eight-page response to the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the letter signed by EC Chair, Jean Mensah assured that so far, all anomalies detected during the voter register exhibition have been corrected.
It also said the EC will re-exhibit the corrected version of the voter register online, explaining that, the demand by the NDC cannot be met because its timetable ahead of December 7 is tight.
“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 on 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.” – the statement emphasized.
The NDC had among other things demanded in its petition the need for the EC to re-exhibit the Register after the Forensic Audit for at least 5-days to enable registered voters, including those affected by the errors, to verify their details and confirm the integrity of the Voters Register.
Find below the full statement by the EC
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