The Electoral Commission (EC) has presented soft copies of the final certified voters register for the December 7, 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections to political parties and independent candidates participating in the polls.
The register contains the Name Reference List, which is a photo register with eligible voters' information; the Exceptions List of individuals with exceptions to the voting rules; the Confidence List; Absent Voter List; and the Transfer Voter List.
The rest are the Proxy List of voters registered for proxy voting and the Manual Verification List of individuals requiring manual verification due to errors in the data capturing process.
Presentation
The Information Technology (IT) Consultant to the EC, Dr Yaw Ofori Adjei, in a presentation at the EC Head Office in Accra yesterday said the soft copy of the register contained all the voters register structured into all the 16 regions and constituencies across the country.
He emphasised that the manual verification list included individuals with valid voter ID cards and forms 1A and 1C, but who were not captured in the database due to transaction errors.
Dr Ofori Adjei said the Commission had structured the PDF files for easy tracking, with regions and police departments listed in alphabetical order, and added that special police registers would be created for constituencies with unique voting requirements.
News conference
Speaking at a news conference to hand over the certified copies of the 2024 voters register to the political parties, the Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa, described the final voters register as robust with no concerns or issues concerning the register raised by representatives of political parties.
She said although it provided an opportunity for parties to furnish the EC with any anomalies identified in the register, none of the parties did so, sending an indication that all parties were satisfied with the register.
"Your support, your help, and your advice have contributed to the credible register that we have before us today. I use this opportunity to assure you of the Commission's commitment to conducting free, fair, transparent and peaceful elections on December 7, 2024," the EC Chairperson said.
