{"id":34397,"date":"2014-07-24T18:19:16","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T18:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=34397"},"modified":"2014-07-24T19:17:29","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T19:17:29","slug":"ec-suspends-voter-registration-exercise-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/ec-suspends-voter-registration-exercise-2\/","title":{"rendered":"EC suspends voter registration exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Electoral Commission (EC) has suspended the nationwide voters\u2019 registration which was scheduled to begin on Friday, July, 24, 2014.<\/p>\n
The EC \u00a0announced two weeks ago \u00a0that it will register persons who have turned 18 years and persons who could not register during the previous registration exercise.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court on Thursday however ordered the Commission to suspend the voter registration exercise.<\/p>\n
A press statement issued by the Commission noted that \u201cthe Electoral Commission wishes to inform the general public that in view of a suit pending before the Supreme Court, to be determined on Wednesday 30th<\/sup>\u00a0July, 2014, the limited voter registration that should have commenced tomorrow Friday 25th<\/sup>\u00a0July, 2014 has been put on hold until further notice.\u201d<\/p>\n The Commission stated that “a new date” for the registration exercise “will be announced later.”<\/p>\n Below is the full statement issued by the EC<\/strong><\/p>\n REVISION OF THE VOTERS REGISTER PUT ON HOLD<\/b><\/p>\n The Electoral Commission wishes to inform the general public that in view of a suit pending before the Supreme Court, to be determined on Wednesday 30th<\/sup>\u00a0July, 2014, the limited voter registration that should have commenced tomorrow Friday 25th<\/sup>\u00a0July, 2014 has been put on hold until further notice.<\/p>\n A new date will be announced later.<\/p>\n Any inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Electoral Commission (EC) has suspended the nationwide voters\u2019 registration which was scheduled to begin on Friday, July, 24, 2014. The EC \u00a0announced two weeks ago \u00a0that it will register persons who have turned 18 years and persons who could not register during the previous registration exercise. The Supreme Court on Thursday however ordered the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":34431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[43,38,425],"yoast_head":"\n