The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has found discrepancies between the provisional voter register data, the information from the Electoral Commission (EC), and the figures reported by the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
This follows allegations from the NDC in the Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam constituency of the Central Region against the EC for colluding with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to inflate the voter register in the area unlawfully.
At a press conference in Ajumako, NDC Communications Officer Galahad Alex Andoh claimed that over 3,000 names had been improperly added to the register.
He called on the EC to explain how these names were added to the register.
In response, CODEO has urged the EC to take prompt action to address these discrepancies.
Programs Director for Election Security at the Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) Paul Mensah Abrampah expressed hope that the issues would be resolved in the IPAC meeting on September 6.
“In electoral processes, we can’t have everything 100% okay. The readiness of the stakeholders to resolve the problems identified is what makes the process move forward. We have identified the challenge. We are not happy that there are challenges, but we are happy that there are steps in place to resolve them. The challenges are that there are discrepancies in the data, in the register as compared to what the EC gave and what the NDC also had,” he said.
Mr Abrampah explained that the EC acknowledged errors in compiling and integrating transfer data into the current register.
He believes that the register will be accurate after the necessary corrections are made.
“CODEO also have our results. I was just reading the exhibition results and it highlighted some of these challenges. However, the challenges highlighted are not challenges that cannot be resolved. It is one thing identifying the challenges, presenting them to the authorities to resolve and another thing for the authorities to accept to resolve. I am happy the challenges have been identified and the EC has accepted responsibility.”