The Electoral Commission (EC) has assured the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the general public that it will re-exhibit the corrected Provisional Voters Register (PVR) online before printing the Final Register for the 2024 Elections.
This assurance was provided in a letter responding to the petition submitted by the NDC following the party’s demonstration on September 17, 2024.
The NDC made the following demand in its petition to the EC: “Re-exhibit the Register after the Forensic Audit: The NDC further demands a 5-day re-exhibition of the Provisional Voters Register after the forensic audit is completed. This will enable registered voters, including those affected by the errors, to verify their details and confirm the integrity of the Voters Register. Without such a re-exhibition, many legitimate voters will be disenfranchised.”
Responding to the demand by the NDC for re-exhibition of the PVR, the EC wrote: “Whilst the Commission is not opposed to undertaking another Physical Exhibition of the corrected PVR in the entire 40,000 plus Exhibition Centres, given the amount of time it takes to print and distribute the PVR (some four weeks), it will not be feasible to achieve this due to the limited time to the General Election.
“The Commission intends to implement an Online Exhibition of the PVR at no cost to Registered Voters. Voters will be able to report on anomalies with their details within a time frame to be made available to the Public. The Voters Register will be displayed Online until the Election Day.”
The Electoral Commission (EC) has also dismissed calls by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for a forensic audit of the Provisional Voters Register (PVR).
Additionally, the EC has dismissed the NDC’s calls for a forensic audit of the Provisional Voters Register, asserting that the legal and administrative processes established for cleaning the register have not been fully utilized.
“…the Commission is of the view that the legal and administrative processes laid down to clean the PVR have not been fully exhausted to justify the calls for a Forensic Audit. We entreat the public to trust us to carry out our mandate.”
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