The Bono East Region had a total of 29, 202 new Voters being captured in the just ended Limited Registration Exercise conducted by the Electoral Commission of Ghana.
Ahead of the forthcoming crucial 7th December, 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, the EC from the 7th May began registering Ghanaians who had just attained 18 years or above.
Speaking with rawgist.com, Dr. Gabriel Dei-Yeboah the Bono East Regional Director of Electoral Commission said after the 21 days plus the two additional days extension for the exercise; 14, 158 males representing 48.5% registered while 15, 044 also representing 51.5% were captured, a figure exceeding their target which was set between 20,000 and 30,000.
Dr. Gabriel Dei-Yeboah also announced that challenge cases increased in this just ended Limited Voter Registration Exercise with about 592 cases recorded but was glad with the figure because this signals that the People are maturing in Our Democracy.
He concluded that after the Registration Exercise the EC is continuing with Voter Transfers, replacement of lost or damaged Voter ID Cards and also receiving applications for Proxy Voting at all their District Offices from 30th May to 14th June, 2024.
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