The Electoral Commission says the just ended limited voters’ registration exercise has restored confidence in its election equipment.
The Commission says unlike the 2012 general elections, biometric machines and other materials proved resilient in last week’s exercise.
[contextly_sidebar id=”wXK9t2vOWZE0WhtuX7fJpr96cF1wqYGV”]The EC’s Director of Electoral Services, Samuel Tetteh, told Citi News the Commission may not have challenges with its machines in the November general elections.
“If you look at the kits, previously we had few challenges ; some of them being the quality of the kits, others being the inability of some applicants’ fingerprints to be captured, freezing of equipment and all those things. With this limited registration exercise, we found out that the quality of the picture as compared to the previous ones was very good.
“We also had little problems with the capturing of the fingerprints of applicants and the freezing of the equipment also greatly reduced. We also didn’t experience frequent breakdown of the kits as in 2012 when the kits were frequently breaking down.”
Extension
Although the registration ended on Sunday May 8, some political parties, student bodies, the National Peace Council and the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), have called for the exercise to be extended.
The stakeholders argue that eligible voters were disenfranchised in the registration process. The Commission has however stated that there will be no need for an extension as plans are underway to implement its continuous registration process.
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By; Marian Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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