The Electoral Commission begins its mop-up registration exercise for eligible voters ahead of the 2024 general election today, Thursday, August 1 to Saturday, August 3,2024.
According to the EC, the exercise will be conducted in all 268 district offices, 41 prison centres, and 26 public universities.
Addressing a press briefing on Monday, July 29, Deputy Chairman in charge of Operations, Samuel Tettey, said the exercise will be conducted online and will run from Wednesday, August 1 to Saturday, August 3.
“As part of measures to ensure an all-inclusive voter’s register ahead of the 2024 general elections, the Electoral Commission is organizing a mop-up voter registration exercise to give opportunity to eligible persons who could not register and those who have turned 18 years since the limited registration exercise to register as voters to enable them to vote in December,” he stated.
Meanwhile, the Director of Elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Omane Boamah, has cautioned its party agents to be very vigilant during the Electoral Commission’s mop-up exercise.
According to him, the voter registration is “not fit for purpose” and “sick” due to stolen and un-retrieved Biometric Voter Registration laptops in the hands of criminals.
“Accordingly, we urge NDC agents and political actors across the country to be extra vigilant throughout the three-day registration period.”
“This call for heightened vigilance from the high echelons of our great party is necessary because the current voters register, which the EC states has 18,681,366 voters, is not fit for purpose! The voters register is sick!”, Omane Boamah stated.
