Voter register will be re-exhibited online – EC tells NDC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has assured the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it will re-exhibit the corrected Provisional Voters Register (PVR) online before the final version is printed for the 2024 General Elections.

This decision follows a nationwide demonstration led by the NDC, dubbed ‘Enough is Enough,’ which called for corrections to discrepancies in the provisional register and a forensic audit of the EC’s IT system.

During the protest, NDC National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah presented a petition to the EC, alleging issues such as illegal voter transfers, deleted names, incomplete data, and a compromised IT system among others.

While the Commission is not opposed to a physical exhibition at all 40,000+ centres, it cited the time constraints, noting that it would take around four weeks to print and distribute the corrected register—making it unfeasible with the election date approaching.

“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 the Election Day.”

On the NDC’s call for a Forensic Audit, the EC noted the call was not fully justified.

“…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.”