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Few registered voters seek card replacement in Volta Region
– Director
Ho, March 27, Ghanadot/GNA - Miss
Laurencia Kpatakpa, Volta Regional Director of Electoral
Commission has observed that not more than two per cent of
the 881,206 registered voters in the region sought
replacement for their voters’ identity cards.
She said during a tour of centres during the just ended
national exercise to replace lost or defaced voters identity
cards, most rural dwellers kept their cards in safety and
only visited the centres to make enquiries.
Miss Kpatakpa told Ghana News Agency at Ho on Wednesday that
the situation was different from the urban dwellers where
the hustle and bustle and frequent use of the cards for
transactions, resulted in most people misplacing or defacing
them.
She said not more than 1,000 replacements were made in two
out of the 15 districts so far and full statistics on the
exercise in the region would be ready soon.
Miss Kpatakpa called on the media to help educate the people
on the procedure for the voters' registration process ahead
of election.
She said opening of the voters’ register would take place
after the replacement exercise, for eligible voters and
those who could not register previously to register.
Miss Kpatakpa said the last exercise before a final
electoral roll, was the exhibition of the register, where
voters were expected to check for their names and assist in
the elimination of deceased voters from the register.
She explained that at the exhibition stage, voters had the
opportunity to substitute their new names acquired as a
result of marriage and should support such claims with valid
documents.
GNA
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