[ 2012-04-20 ]

8m voters registered; 3,829 biometric applicants challenged
A total of 3,829 had their applications challenged
throughout the country as of the end of the second
phase of the biometric voters registration
exercise.

Currently, the Electoral Commission (EC) has
registered eight million voters.

The acting Director of Communications of the EC,
Mr Christian Owusu-Parry, who disclosed this in an
interview with graphic.com.gh, said the Brong
Ahafo Region topped the number of challenges with
a total of 775 cases, followed by Ashanti, 681;
Greater Accra, 588 and Central, 555.

The rest are Eastern, 290; Northern, 261; Volta,
31, Upper East, 86 and Upper West, 85.

Mr Owusu-Parry said the records show that the
Ashiedu Keteke District in the Greater Accra
Region recorded the highest number of challenges
at the district level with 453, followed by Upper
Denkyira West in the Central Region with 397,
Jasikan in the Volta Region, 144, while Dormaa
Municipality in the Brong Ahafo Region recorded
115 challenges.

An applicant may be challenged on the grounds that
he or she is not a Ghanaian citizen, is below 18
years, is not resident of a locality, is not of
sound mind, is previously registered or is not the
person he or she claims to be.

District Registration Review Committees have been
set up in each district to investigate the
challenges and report on their findings to the
commission.

An applicant’s registration as a voter may be
challenged by anybody who qualifies to be
registered as a voter. A challenge on the
eligibility of an applicant to register as a voter
will not stop him or her from going through the
process if he or she insists that he or she is
qualified.

The applicant would be allowed to go through the
process except that he or she will not be issued
with a voter identity card until the challenge is
determined by the District Registration Review
Committee.

If an applicant is challenged, both the applicant
and the challenger will appear before the
committee for hearing and determination of the
challenge.

Source - Graphic.com.gh

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