Cape Coast, Feb. 19,
Ghanadot/GNA - The Electoral Commission (EC), is
considering introducing electronic registration to stem
double registration and registration of minors during
voter registration exercises.
Mr. David Kanga, Deputy Chairman of the EC incharge of
operations, who announced this on Thursday at Cape
Coast, said society was becoming complicated and the EC
needed to employ sophisticated methods in dealing with
electoral issues.
He was speaking at an Expanded Regional Inter Party
Advisory Committee (IPAC), forum, organized by the EC
with assistance from the Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA) and KAB Governance Consult, to
“review and assess the 2008 General Election and draw
lessons for the improvement of future elections”.
Representatives of National Democratic Congress (NDC),
Democratic Freedom Party (DFP), Convention Peoples’
Party (CPP) and the People’s National Convention (PNC)
attended the event without the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Mr. Kanga said the EC was evolving measures to ensure
that its district offices automatically registered
persons who would turned 18, to prevent minors from
registering, when the National Identification Programme
commenced.
Concerning Election 2008, he commended the role played
by all stakeholders adding that it was through their
collective efforts that a new government has been
formed.
Mr. Samuel Tettey, Central Regional Director of the EC,
told the participants that their input would serve as a
guide for the Commission to enhance its performance.
He said the forum was to help improve the electoral
process in future to “safeguard the integrity of the
ballot box”.
During an open forum, the participants called on the EC
and the National Commission on Civic Education to
collaborate to intensified public education on the
electoral process.
They called for measures to prevent the use of Macho men
and intimidation during elections, and a more effective
way of addressing electoral issues.
Officials from the NCCE, Commission on Human Rights and
Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), security personnel,
returning officers as well as district officers of the
EC also attended the forum.
GNA
