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According to the Electoral Commission (EC), extending the deadline for the current voter registration exercise is “not feasible.”
The procedure has subsequently gone smoothly and without any problems across the nation, according to the EC, despite the technological difficulties that were faced during the exercise’s first two days.
New voter registration was opened by the EC on May 7, 2024, and is expected to end on May 27, 2024.
Samuel Tettey, the deputy EC chair overseeing operations, stated during a news conference in Accra on Tuesday, May 22, that the 21-day duration of the exercise was sufficient.
With one week left before the process was set to close, he said that, in contrast to the first week of the registration exercise, when long lines were seen in certain registration centers, the numbers had decreased in many of them.
Tettey stated that in order to assist applicants who might not be able to visit the district registration centers, the Commission has also sent its mobile teams to difficult-to-reach locations.
“This is good enough to cover all difficult areas that the Commission earmarked,” he said.
“We don’t actually think that at this time it is even feasible for anyone to call for an extension,” Tettey added.
According to information made public by the EC, as of Sunday, May 19, 2024, the thirteenth day of the election, 522,025 new voters had registered, of which 446,416 (85.52) were first-time voters between the ages of 18 and 21.
Of the entire number of registered voters, 275,570, or 52.79%, are female and 246,455, or 47.21% of the total, are male.
By the time the registration period ended, the EC aimed to have registered 623,000 voters overall.
According to Mr. Tettey, 813 people with impairments have been registered nationwide.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
