The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has demanded a forensic audit or a parliamentary investigation into the voters’ register, claiming it remains deeply flawed without such scrutiny.
The party’s Director of Elections and IT, Dr. Edward Omane-Boamah, made this call on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, in a Facebook post stating that the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana failed to provide the voters’ register to the NDC in a timely manner before the exhibition exercise.
The Electoral Commission had begun exhibiting the voters’ register last week, allowing voters to verify their details and make necessary corrections.
However, the NDC had previously requested the full voters’ register to compare with the version being exhibited, but it was only provided to the parties a day before the exercise commenced. Despite receiving daily updates during the voter registration process and the subsequent mop-up, the NDC maintains that the register was deliberately tampered with, leading to a flawed outcome.
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Fellow Ghanaians,
Without a forensic audit or parliamentary investigation of the voters register, the register remains incurably defective.
The Electoral Commission of Ghana refused to release the voters’ register to the NDC on time ahead of the exhibition exercise.
But with hard work, dedication, and patriotic zeal, the NDC across the country has proven that the register compiled by the EC is unfit for purpose.
Without a forensic audit or thorough parliamentary investigation 🔎 of the EC’s voters register, the register will remain incurably defective.
Forget about adjudication!!!
It’s obvious the register has deliberately been tampered with!
They did not expect such thorough scrutiny that has unveiled the mountains of anomalies.
The exhibition exercise has revealed avoidable problems, which, if not resolved, can jeopardize the outcome of the 2024 elections.
Constituency by constituency (based on polling stations) reports have revealed avoidable mistakes under the following headings:
- Registered voters whose names are missing.
- Qualified voters who are placed on the Exception list or the Multiple List.
- Disqualified people due to multiple registrations or successful challenges who are still on the Main Provisional Voters Register (PVR).
- People who have been transferred without their knowledge in addition to Old Transfers that are still appearing on the register.
- People who have been moved from one polling station to another polling station.
Let me also add the awkward process that allowed voters to apply for proxy earlier this year without their biometrics being checked ✔️
As contained in the uploaded petition, the Parliament of Ghana must investigate the Electoral Commission.
If Parliament fails, Ghanaians together with the international community, must exert enough pressure on the EC to permit forensic audit of their system, including the register.
Keep in mind that the theft of Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) laptops under CCTV surveillance at the headquarters of the EC remains unresolved. Similar to the missing/stolen Biometric Verification Devices (BVDs)…
Series of public fora and demonstrations loading…
Thank you.