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EC: Ghana Card as sole document would stop violence at registration centres

The Electoral Commission (EC), has stated that the violence that has characterised the limited voter registration justifies its call for using the Ghana Card as a sole document for registration.

According to the commission, it has observed violence at some centres linked to the challenge of the age and citizenship of some registrants.

However, the commission believes such incidents would have been avoided if the Ghana Card was used as the sole document for the registration.

At a press conference to update the press on the limited voter registration on May 13, 2024, the Deputy Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Bossman Asare, however, urged party agents to use the challenge process rather than attempt to physically stop registrants.

Similarly, we beseech the national leadership of the political parties to discourage their executives in the regions and the constituencies from transporting minors and foreigners to the registration centers. The objective of the Commission as always has been to have a credible register for the 2024 elections.

We believe the political parties, as the main stakeholders in the general elections, must be dedicated to supporting a credible register as well. Consequently, we find attempts by parties to support the registration of minors and foreigners as completely unacceptable and aimed at undermining the country’s electoral democracy.

We urge the Police to apply the laws on those who have been apprehended to serve as a deterrent to others in the enterprise of facilitating the registration of minors and foreigners.

We want to urge the children who are not 18 years that it is against the law for them to register as voters. Children, don’t allow anyone to tell you to go and register and vote in the December 2024 elections if you are not 18 years.

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