Limited voter registration: EC directs officers to switch to offline mode
The Electoral Commission (EC) has directed its district officers to transition to the offline mode of registration starting Thursday, May 9, 2024.
This directive comes in the wake of some challenges that the commission encountered with the network Wednesday afternoon, which delayed the online process.
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In a press release signed by acting Director of Public Affairs, Michael Boadu, the EC apologised for the situation.
“The Commission assures its stakeholders that should there be a backlog of voters at the end of the twenty-one (21) day process, the registration exercise will be extended beyond the 27th of May, 2024 deadline.”
A total of 3,277 EC personnel have been engaged for the limited voter registration exercise, which started on May 7 and will end on May 27, 2024.
Registration will take place in all 268 district offices of the commission and an additional 785 centres to accommodate those who may find it difficult to access the district offices. Additionally, 25 public universities have been included as registration venues.
The EC intends to submit the provisional voter register to the political parties between July 9 and 18, 2024, and mount an exhibition of the voter register between July 15 and 24, 2024.
The final voter register is expected to be submitted to the political parties between August 30 and September 5, 2024.
Below is the full statement from the EC
