The Electoral Commission (EC) has assured the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the general public that the Commission will re-exhibit the corrected Provisional Voters Register (PVR) online before the final register is printed for the 2024 elections.
This was contained in a letter in response to the petition submitted to the EC by the NDC at the end of the party’s demonstration on Tuesday, September 17, 2024.
The NDC made the following demand in its petition to the EC:
“Re-exhibit the Register after the Forensic Audit: The NDC further demands a 5-day re-exhibition of the Provisional Voters Register after the forensic audit is completed. This will enable registered voters, including those affected by the errors, to verify their details and confirm the integrity of the Voters Register. Without such a re-exhibition, many legitimate voters will be disenfranchised.”
Responding to the demand by the NDC for re-exhibition of the PVR, the EC indicated that a voter register would be exhibited but would be done electronically.
The commission explained that it is opting for an online exhibition of the register because of nearless of the December 7, 2024 general election.
It added that the online exhibition of the register would come at no cost to voters.
“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,” part of the statement reads.
On the NDC’s call for a forensic audit, the EC said that the party’s call is currently not justified.
It indicated that there are still more proceeds available to clean up the voters register.
“… 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.”
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
