Election 2024 : EC releases provisional voters register to political parties

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has announced the release of the provisional voter register to political parties, ahead of the voter register exhibition, which will take place from Tuesday, August 20 to August 27, 2024. 

This is in response to heavy pressure from political parties and other stakeholders.

The Deputy Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Bossman Asare made the announcements during a news conference held on Monday, August 19, 2024.

According to him, the commission is still on track to release the provisional register to political parties by the deadline.

“We have heard in sections of the media that the commission has not given the provisional voter register to the political parties after informing the parties to bring their external drives. We want to place on record that per Regulation 22 of CI 31 as amended by CI 126, the commission is required to give the provisional register to the political parties not later than three months from the end of the registration period.

“As you may be aware, the limited registration ended on May 29, 2024, and the mop-up registration ended on August 3, 2023.”

“On the basis of the limited registration, the commission has until the end of August 2024 to give the provisional register of the political parties. We wish to state that the external drives containing the provisional voters register are available for pickup. However, we can say from the records that the NDC has collected its external drive. The other parties have also collected,” he added.

Source: Lead News Online