Reject the falsehoods about the special vote – CE

Politics of Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Source: 3 News

2020-11-24

Ghana’s Election Commission (EC) has urged interested parties to ignore the falsehood being thrown about the special vote ahead of this year’s elections.

The electoral management body said in a statement on Monday, November 23, that it has been drawn to a video circulating on social media claiming that the EC has denied security agencies the opportunity to register and participate in the early / special voting exercise scheduled for Tuesday, December 1, 2020.

“We wish to put on record that the content of this video is false, unfounded and unfounded and we call on the general public to ignore said video,” the statement said.

The statement further explained that in July 2020, the Election Commission wrote to all security agencies and media requesting them to send the names of their officials who intend to vote in the early / special voting window.

After receiving the various lists, the Electoral Commission said it captured the details of the applicants in the Special Register of Voters.

“It is important to note that some people presented incorrect identification card numbers. Unfortunately, these people were not listed on the Special Voter Registry because their identification cards were not valid. Some of these applicants submitted the identification numbers of the old voter identification card.

“After the completion of the Special Voter Register, the Electoral Commission held discussions with the Security Agencies and the Media and provided them with printed copies of the Special Voter Register. The Commission presented evidence showing details of individuals who were not included in the Special Voter Registry as a result of invalid identification card numbers submitted to the Commission.

“The presentation showed the errors in the voter identification cards sent. In most cases, the digits on the voter identification cards were less than or more than ten (10), which is the legitimate number of digits on the voter identification card, ”he said.

He added that “The Electoral Commission made efforts to reach those who provided telephone numbers and corrected the incorrect information sent. This category of people was reflected in the Special Final Voter List. It is important to note that the Commission took great care to list all eligible applicants on the Special Voter Register. The Commission has no interest in preventing applicants from using the Early Voting / Special Center.

“The author of the video also falsely claimed that applicants who had requested the special vote, but whose names were not registered in the Special Register of Voters due to their invalid identification card numbers, would not be allowed to vote during the elections. on December 7, 2020.

“For the first time in the history of the Electoral Commission, the Register of Special Voters, as well as the Special Voting Centers, have been published on the Commission’s website.

“We call on the Security Agencies to investigate the falsehood that he is selling on social networks for the supposed ” Security Expert ” and we ask the public to ignore this Video since the content is completely FALSE. The Commission is ready to carry out the special voting exercise on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 and we kindly ask applicants to visit our website for the details of their voting locations. “