The district level elections, commonly known as the assembly elections is set for October 3rd this year per the Electoral Commission’s (EC) scheduled activities.
It, however, said the date for the DLE was subject to change depending on the approval of the proposed new Constitutional Instrument (C.I) by Parliament.
The Deputy Chairman of the EC in-charge of Operations, Samuel Tettey, made this known at a forum on the 2023 DLE in Accra yesterday.
The forum, on the theme: “2023 District Level Election:
The role of Stakeholders and Matters Arising” was organised by the Centre for Local Governance Advocacy (CLGA).
Aimed at educating stakeholders about the DLE, it also discussed ways to improve voter turnout which has been at an all-time low.
The DLE is to elect assembly and Unit Committee members.
Speaking at the forum, Mr Tettey said the new C.I. which was seeking to make the Ghana Card the sole document for identification for registration was yet to be laid before Parliament.
He said when approved, the new C.I would regulate continuous voter registration in the country.
“If this new C.I. goes through, the commission will undertake the continuous voter registration exercise at the district level,” he said.
Aside from that, he said some internal activities of the Commission such as recruitment of staff, logistics and other election administration processes might also be a subject for the change of the date set by the Commission for the DLE.
He said unlike the presidential and parliamentary elections, candidates for the DLE were not expected to pay a deposit or filing fee.
He said that the EC would provide details of electoral processes through a series of public and voter education programmes on the DLE.
Mr. Tettey therefore called on all stakeholders to assist the EC by playing their roles to ensure the delivery of free, fair and transparent elections.
