Dec 7 Elections We Have No Intention of Bloating Register for Anyone EC Tells Ghanaians

The Electoral Commission says it is absolutely untrue that the Commission has added names to the Voters Register in a bid to rig the elections for a particular party.

As such those allegations are without merit and should be disregarded by the Public.

"The EC has no intention of bloating the register to give any political party benefit over the other. As explained earlier, the cumulative transfer data for 2020, 2023 and 2024 were inadvertently summed up in the registers provided to the Political Parties. This has been corrected and the revised register will be provided after all corrections have been made. The revised transfer list will be shared with the parties," the Electoral Commission said.
 
According to the Electoral Management Body, it is well known fact that Ghana has one of the most transparent and inclusive electoral processes in Africa.

"From registration to the declaration of results all our processes are transparent, inclusive and open to the Political Parties and  the citizenry. Nothing is hidden.  There are no secrets. Any interested party or citizen can with no effort acquire relevant information on all aspects of the electoral process.  

"Therefore the suggestion that the peace and the outcome of the election is hinged on the Chairperson of the EC is untrue. We urge the public to ignore statements even from prominent citizens that suggest that achieving peaceful elections in 2024 is somehow in the bosom of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission," it stated.
 
"The Commission has nothing to hide. The Provisional Voters Register is a public document on display and is available online for voters to access in order to verify their details. This is not a secret document. At the end of the day, the Final Register will be made available to all the Political Parties, as per the law and normal practice."
 
"The preparation of the Register is a human endeavour. There are bound to be mistakes.  This is not the first time the Commission has recorded mistakes during registration of voters and compilation of the Voters Register. This has been the case since 1992. The issues range from missing names, swapped photos and gender, wrong additions or omitted names, et cetera. This is not new."