The
Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has begun a 10 voter registration that will
allow any eligible voter especially those turning 18years after 2012 register.
The registration which was intended to start in June this year was postponed exercise because they could not secure the services of teachers who were
invigilating BECE and
later delayed due to a Supreme Court case brought against the EC on the use of
the NHIS card as identification for the registration of first voters.
Plans by the EC to also allow NHIS card as an
acceptable identification for registration received a strong challenge from
political parties resulting in a legal battle led by the PNC National Youth
Organiser Abu Ramadan, and a private lawyer Kwasi Danso-Acheampong. Following the court ruling, Principal Public Relations
officer Sylviah Annoh said the EC in compliance with the Supreme Court ruling
will not accept national health insurance cards as identification by
applicants.
"Prospective applicants are expected to have old voter ID card, national identification card, drivers’ license or a passport. If you are an applicant and you don't have any of these you can have two guarantors", she said. She added that the exercise will start from 7am to 6pm every day and will end next week Wednesday 13 August 2014. Meanwhile, the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) says it will also deploy 350 of its field volunteers to observe the exercise.
"Prospective applicants are expected to have old voter ID card, national identification card, drivers’ license or a passport. If you are an applicant and you don't have any of these you can have two guarantors", she said. She added that the exercise will start from 7am to 6pm every day and will end next week Wednesday 13 August 2014. Meanwhile, the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) says it will also deploy 350 of its field volunteers to observe the exercise.
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