The Electoral Commission (EC) has commenced a voters’ exhibition exercise today, August 20,2024, to enable voters to verify their details in the register ahead of the December 7 general election.
The exercise is expected to end on Tuesday, August 27, 2024.
The week-long exercise takes place between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily, including Saturday and Sunday.
“The purpose of the exhibition exercise is to allow for prospective voters to verify their voter details such as name, sex, age, among others, as captured during the registration exercise and make requests for amendments or insertions where necessary,” a Deputy Chairperson of the EC in charge of Operations, Mr Samuel Tettey, told the Daily Graphic in an interview.
The exhibition exercise would also enable prospective voters to file for inclusion of omitted names, correction of voter details and object to names of unqualified voters on the register.
According to Mr Tettey, the exercise would also enable prospective voters to know their respective polling stations, where they will vote on election day and also help with the removal of names of deceased voters from the register.
“This is to put the register in good shape devoid of minors, foreigners, the deceased and other clerical errors for the conduct of the December 7 general election,” he explained.
But reports from some parts of the country indicate that there is low patronage on the first day.
In Kumasi, for instance, the slow start has been attributed to early morning rains on Tuesday.
Most polling stations in the Ashanti Regional capital were empty when XYZ reporters visited the centres.
Polling centres in most parts of the Greater Accra, Northern, Upper West and East regions also recorded low turn out.
EC officials believe the subsequent days will see prospective voters coming in their numbers to verify their names.
Source: Myxyzonline.com
