The Electoral Commission says the just ended limited voters\u2019 registration exercise has restored confidence in its election equipment.<\/p>\n
The Commission says unlike the 2012 general elections, biometric machines and other materials proved resilient in last week\u2019s exercise.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”wXK9t2vOWZE0WhtuX7fJpr96cF1wqYGV”]The EC\u2019s Director of Electoral Services, Samuel Tetteh, told Citi News<\/strong> the Commission may not have challenges with its machines in the November general elections.<\/p>\n \u201cIf 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\u2019 fingerprints to be captured, freezing of equipment and all those things. \u00a0With this limited registration exercise, we found out that the quality of the picture as compared to the previous ones was very good.<\/p>\n \u201cWe also had little problems with the capturing of the fingerprints of applicants and the freezing of the equipment also greatly reduced. We also didn\u2019t experience frequent breakdown of the kits as in 2012 when the kits were frequently breaking down.\u201d<\/p>\n Extension<\/strong><\/p>\n 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.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n The stakeholders argue that eligible voters\u00a0were disenfranchised in the registration process.\u00a0The Commission has however stated that there will be no need for an extension as plans are underway to\u00a0implement its continuous registration process.<\/p>\n \u00a0–<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n By; Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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