The Electoral Commission denies that it is creating a new voter registry as the Minority in Parliament has stated.
A lot of Ghanaians who haven’t enrolled or obtained their Ghana cards yet will be disenfranchised by this about $80 million needless spending, according to the Minority, who also expressed concern about the expense.
The Electoral Commission’s Director of Electoral Services, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, claimed in an interview with Eyewitness News that the EC is just requesting the Ghana card for a “continuous registration” exercise and not to create a new register.
“We merely want to implement continuous registration; we already prepared a register in 2020. We simply require the Ghana card from individuals who choose to enroll in continuous registration.
Dr. Serebour further refuted claims that the procedure would be a fruitless endeavor.
If we don’t state we won’t update our voter list anymore, then of course we’ll have to print cards among other things. We will need to spend money in order to complete the aforementioned tasks. However, it won’t cost as much as creating a fresh voter list.
This won’t be as expensive as mass registration, which calls for more help, he continued.
The Electoral Commission is collaborating with Parliament to change “the Constitutional Instrument to enable for the continuing registration with the Ghana card,” he added.
He claims that the new constitutional amendment just aims to change the country’s existing election regulations so that it can continue to register new voters and those who were unable to do so before the 2020 general elections.
The Minority in Parliament is calling for Electoral Commission representatives to brief Parliament next week in order to provide additional information about the procedure for creating “a new voters’ register” that uses the Ghana Card as identity.
