Over 300 Voters Captured in Ellembelle’s One Day EC Registration Exercise

Regional news for Sunday, October 4, 2020

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2020-10-04

Western Region Correspondence:

Three hundred thirty-eight (338) Ghanaian voters have duly registered in the Ellembelle district of the western region during the EC one-day nationwide voter registration exercise.

The Electoral Commission on Thursday, October 1, 2020 reopened the exercise for those who were unable to participate during the 38-day mass registration exercise.

The exercise, which saw more than 300 applicants in a long queue, was nearly hit by heavy rain Thursday for about an hour.

The coronavirus security protocols were also not adequately observed.

At the end of the exercise on Thursday, the Electoral Commission was able to register 233 applicants and they were issued their identification cards (DNI) and 112 applicants who joined the queue before 6 in the afternoon, were given numbers to attend the next day to register.

The next day, out of 112 applicants, 7 applicants were unable to participate and by the end of the day, 105 voters were registered.

Unfortunately, 196 voters who registered Thursday had duplicate voter identification numbers.

Upon realizing this, the CE invited affected voters to return to the Ellembelle EC office for replacement of the new voter identification numbers.

In total, 8 potential applicants were challenged and their cards were not returned.

These individuals have been asked to appear before the Ellembelle District Voter Review Committee with their opponents.