{"id":176391,"date":"2015-12-22T19:16:31","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T19:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=176391"},"modified":"2015-12-22T19:21:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T19:21:52","slug":"voters-register-stop-delays-and-decide-lmvc-to-ec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/12\/voters-register-stop-delays-and-decide-lmvc-to-ec\/","title":{"rendered":"Voters’ register: ‘Stop delays and decide’- LMVC to EC"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pressure group, Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVA) has criticized the Chairman of Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei for not clarifying the commission’s stance on incessant\u00a0calls for a new voters’ register ahead of the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n
According to the group, the “deliberate” delays by the EC in making a decision on the voter’s register “could easily be a recipe for disaster in future elections”<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”qavynGYPhBl2Us6e4jzTZIyFI28uResj”]A statement signed by the group’s convener, David Asante, said: “The commissioner has not given a reply to the good people of Ghana whether to do a new register, or clean the existing register .The unreasonable deliberate delays and dithering on the part of the Commission is a dangerous practice. The Electoral Commission of Ghana over 5 months period has walked this Nation along a volatile path of uncertainty over what the future state of the voters register is . This could easily be a recipe for disaster in future elections.”<\/p>\n
The group has spearheaded efforts to, in its opinion, get a new, more credible voters’ register ahead of the general elections in November next year.<\/p>\n
Let My Vote Count’s efforts culminated in a\u00a0demonstration which resulted in clashes between the police and protesters in Adabraka.<\/p>\n
“In our own case, Mrs. Charlotte Osei is dragging her feet unnecessarily, showing little on her decision on the supreme court ruling that the NHIS card should not be used to register. Again the commission is mute on the call for a new credible voter register and is unwilling to open up to Ghana on her plans for a credible voter register. Prof. Jega said in his lecture organised by the IEA that ” the credibility of an election depends largely on the credibility of the voters register,” the LMVCA added in its statement.<\/p>\n
Other groups, most notably the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), have reiterated\u00a0the call for a new voters’ register, alleging the current one is bloated with names of foreigners and minors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n