The Electoral Commission says that it is not against holding another physical exhibition of the corrected Provisional Voter’s Register (PVR) at over 40,000 centres.
The Commission claims that considering the short amount of time left before the general election, the three to four weeks required for printing and distribution make this impracticable.
Apart from demanding a forensic audit of the voter’s register, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked the Electoral Commission to re-exhibit the 2024 voters’ register due to discrepancies found during the recent voter exhibition exercise, including the illegal transfer of voters.
The EC investigated and confirmed that some 38 transfers were made at Pusiga in the Upper East Region using an official’s credentials. In response to the EC’s refusal to allow a forensic audit of the register, the NDC held a nationwide demonstration on September 17
In an official response to the NDC’s petition dated September 26, the Electoral Commission stated, “The Commission intends to implement an online exhibition of the PVR at no cost to registered voters. Voters will be able to report anomalies in their details within a time frame that will be made available to the public. The voter’s register will be displayed online until Election Day.”
As it did effectively in 2020, the Commission reassured the NDC and the public that it had mostly corrected the anomalies found in the PVR and will do so once more in 2024.
