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The District Level Elections (DLE) for 2023 will take place on Tuesday, December 19, according to the Electoral Commission (EC).
It will be necessary to elect new Assembly Members for the following four years since the terms of the currently serving Assembly Members, who were elected in 2019, expire in December of this year.
The Commission’s Chairwoman, Mrs. Jean Mensa, said that the EC will begin registering new voters at its 268 District Offices on September 12, 2023, and continue until October 2, 2023, during a news conference on Thursday in Accra.
The EC stated that it had set a goal of 60% voter turnout for this year’s DLE and made a plea to the media to aid in raising public awareness and enlightening the populace on the purpose of the exercise.
“This is because the district level elections were not held in 2019 for the said districts due to security reasons but was postponed and conducted in April 2021.
“As such, the elections would not be held in both regions until 2025”, the Chairperson explained.
The Commission, according to Mrs. Mensa, has created a comprehensive schedule of events for the next DLE, which will be made public in due time.
She urged individuals who were eligible but not on the electoral list to sign up during the forthcoming registration drive in order to be able to cast a ballot in the elections on December 19.
Mrs. Mensa gave the assurance that there would be further registration drives before the general election in 2024.
She mentioned that anyone who had misplaced their voter identification cards may get new ones at any District Registration Center for GHC10.
“We state categorically that persons, who have lost their ID card do not need to register again. They simply have to request for a replacement of their cards,” Mrs Mensa stated.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
