The limited registration exercise in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality is ongoing smoothly at the district office of the Electoral Commission (EC) in Elmina.
As at the time the Ghana News Agency arrived at the centre on Wednesday, processes were going in an orderly manner with large numbers of people in a queue waiting patiently for their turn to register.
Some complained of transportation as their major challenge, however, the GNA saw the two main political parties busing people to the centre to partake in the exercise.
There were reports of network failure affecting the process though the EC officials were seen busily working to fix the problems.
Madam Nana Ama Eghan, the Municipal Director of EC, told the GNA that for the exercise to be smooth, her office had set up two centres with each having three persons while she supervised.
The whole process had not been easy, but she said the officials were committed to ensuring the success of the exercise.
She encouraged all persons due for the registration to go out and register to enable them to partake in the general election.
The EC Tuesday began the registration of new voters, those 18 years and above, onto the electoral roll ahead of the December 19 District Level Elections.
The 21-day exercise, which is in accordance with Article 45 of the 1992 Constitution, will take place at the 268 district offices of the Commission – a departure from the old system where limited registration exercises were done at the electoral areas.
Following the rejection of the EC’s draft Constitutional Instrument (C.I.) by Parliament in April this year, the Commission said it would adopt the existing Public Elections (Registration of Voters) Regulations, 2016 (C.I. 91) (1) as Amended, for the upcoming registration exercise.
The Draft C.I., which was disapproved by Parliament, recommended a continuous voters registration exercise and sought to make the Ghana Card the sole identification document to establish an applicant’s citizenship.
The adoption of C.I. 91 for the upcoming registration exercise means that eligible voters can use either the Ghana Card or the Ghana Passport to establish their identity as Ghanaians.
In the absence of the two documents, applicants would be required to present two guarantors, (already registered voters) to vouch for their citizenship and age.
