The Electoral Commission said it has created 38,622 Polling Stations across the country and that the threshold set for the Polling Stations was 749 Voters per Polling Station for December polls.
According to Chairperson of the Commission, Jean Adukwei Mensah, said close to 233,632 temporary officials made up of Returning Officers and their Deputies, Presiding Officers, Verification Officers, Name Reference Officers as well as a COVID-19 Ambassadors for the December 2020 Elections.
She said this on the floor of Parliament when she briefed them on the Commission’s preparation for December 7th Parliamentary and Presidential election.
Mrs. Mensa said the Commission had procured a wide variety of election materials including, ballot boxes, thumbprint pads, stationery, identification jackets, polling station booths, rechargeable lamps, indelible ink, educational posters, and seals among others for a smooth electioneering process.
“As we speak, the distribution of these items to our regions and districts is well underway. I can confirm that as a result of the thorough planning and distribution mechanisms employed, we are about 95 percent done with the distribution of election materials to our various locations across the country. What we are yet to deliver are the ballots and registers.”
She noted that 32,621 persons had been placed on the multiples and the exceptions list with 18, 619 persons engaged in multiple registrations, 14,002 engaging in various illegal practices including under-aged voting and voting by non-Ghanaians.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
