{"id":156164,"date":"2015-09-30T16:32:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T16:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=156164"},"modified":"2015-09-30T22:29:09","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T22:29:09","slug":"ghanaians-in-us-also-protest-over-voters-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/ghanaians-in-us-also-protest-over-voters-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaians in US also protest over voters register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some Ghanaians in the United States (US) have taken to the streets to press home demands for a new voters register.<\/p>\n<p>The National Democratic Congress (NDC) earlie<span style=\"color: #666699;\">r <a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/18\/create-new-voters-register-before-june-2016-bawumia\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>gave reasons<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0for the current voters register to be maintained for the 2016 election despite concerns raised by the New Patriotic Party (NPP).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/group.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-156175\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/group.png\" alt=\"group\" width=\"574\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/group.png 574w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/group-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;eSJsNizpUGLvsatCWR9Y3MLOJDFjCEZo&#8221;]The party in a 71-page document signed by General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia and National Chairman Kofi Portuphy urged interest groups to rather support the EC to carry out reforms that will further improve election management in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstrators, who believe government&#8217;s reasons are untenable however insist the old register is bloated with foreign nationals and must be changed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/US-demo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-156177\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/US-demo.png\" alt=\"US demo\" width=\"392\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/US-demo.png 392w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/US-demo-294x300.png 294w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/US-demo-70x70.png 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The demonstrators were seen holding cards with &#8220;ghost names in our voters register. 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