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According to Ghana’s Electoral Commission, generators have been arranged to ensure a seamless restricted voter registration exercise across the country on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in the event of a power outage.
Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, discussed these intentions on Monday, May 6, 2024, at a news briefing.
She claims that every effort is being made by the EC to avoid any interruptions brought on by power outages, often known as “dumsor.”
She said that in the event of a power loss, the commission has made arrangements for all district offices to hire generators, which will start up automatically and guarantee ongoing voter registration services.
The EC has clarified that, in the event of unanticipated events, its offices will transition to a “offline” mode, when voters will be manually registered and their information will be kept on a pen drive.
“We are trying hard to, we’ve made arrangements to ensure that we don’t have challenges because of dumsor. What we’ve done is to have all our district offices rent generators so that in the event where there’s dumsor, that can kick in.
“However, should there be the unexpected, we would switch on to the offline and by offline it means the voters will be registered and their details will be put on a pen drive and that will be copied in our offices when the light returns, so the registration will not be disrupted.”
Approximately 623,000 first-time voters nationwide are to be registered during the upcoming limited voter registration exercise.
In order to assist those who might find it difficult to visit the district offices, registration will also be held in 785 additional locations in addition to the commission’s 258 district offices.
Additionally, 25 public colleges have been added as locations for registration.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
