The Electoral Commission (EC) has revealed that over 1 million registered voters have so far been verified since July 18,\u00a0when the provisional voters’ register was opened for exhibition.<\/p>\n
The exercise is to offer \u00a0all Ghanaian registered voters the opportunity to check if their names are in the register.<\/p>\n
But it will particularly allow persons who suspect their names may have been deleted because they registered with the National Health Insurance scheme cards, to check and plan for re-registration.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”BGpsRdIvFXTmTNBnBt5HFG9a5hKiIVPx”]The Commission in a statement further noted\u00a0that, the exercise has so far progressed smoothly. This is in spite of claims by some parties that the exercise was poorly publicized.<\/p>\n
“Reports from all 29,000 centres across the country show that apart from the lower than expected response, the exercise is progressing smoothly.\u00a0The Commission has deployed the adequate personnel and equipment to ensure that all registered voters spend as little time as possible at the various centres to check their details and get their fingerprints verified.”<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court on July 5, 2016, ordered the Commission to delete names of NHIS registrants, following a ruling in 2014, where the use of the NHIS card was declared illegal for the purposes of registering as a Ghanaian voter.<\/p>\n
The court\u2019s order followed a suit filed by former National Youth Organizer of the People\u2019s National Convention (PNC), Abu Ramadan, and one Evans Nimako.<\/p>\n