As the much-awaited day of election approaches, the election body of Ghana, the Electoral Commission has disclosed that about 30,000 out of the over 16 million people who took part in the nationwide voter registration exercise have been disqualified.
Confirming the news, Dr Eric Bossman Asare, Deputy EC Commissioner in charge of Corporate Services, indicated that about 14,000 of the 30,000 disqualified voters had been put on the Exceptions List while about 16,000 names have been put on the Multiple List.
According to him, a name is put on the Exceptions List after it has been excluded from the Provisional Register on the grounds of disqualification thus registration outside the stipulated time.
With the Multiple List, it contains the names and photographs of persons who have registered more than once.
“They cannot vote because they had engaged in infractions,” Dr Bossman Asare said.
Dr Asare Bossman made the revelation in an interview via a current affairs programme on Joy News on Sunday, October 25, 2020.
He explained that the disqualification of these 30,000 people went through a legal process, presided over by a judge after their eligibility was challenged.
Dr Asare Bossman said although a few issues popped up during the voters registration exercise, the EC has been able to ensure that every Ghanaian who registered in the just ended exercise would be able to vote on December 7.
“Your details are intact. Your biometric details – fingerprint, facial recognition – all of them are intact. So, the Commission is assuring all the good people of this country. Once you took part in the registration, your details are intact. You are part of the 17 million or so people,” he stressed.
