The Electoral Commission in the West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern has registered 31,460 Potential Voters from 30th June to 19th July 2020.
Out of the total number, 15,075 are Males and 16,385 are females, and eligibility of 20 applicants was challenged.
Assistant Electoral Officer at the West Akyem EC office, Sarah Gyamfua in an interview said the exercise has been so far peaceful and smooth and said the challenges received involve applicants’ Residential address.
She said they are optimistic about registering about 70,000 eligible voters and called on people in the Municipality to cooperate with the Electoral Commission to meet its target.
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs. Jean Mensa, has defended the compilation of a new biometric voters register (BVR), saying it is the surest way to deliver free, fair, credible and transparent elections.
She said the EC’s decision was in the interest of all political parties and that it was committed to delivering incident-free and peaceful elections.
Mrs. Mensa explained that an audit of the current system had established potential room for election manipulation, with dire consequences on the general election, saying that was something the EC wanted to avert with the new BVR.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
