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Turnout “very encouraging” - EC
The Electoral Commission of Ghana says the first day of the limited voters’ registration exercise saw an encouraging turnout.
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“Reports indicate that the turnout is very encouraging,” Parry told Pulse.com.gh
He also stated some centres exceeded the expected daily turnout.
Parry said before the exercise began the EC expected to process about 38-40 applicants a day at each centre.
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However, today being the first day, indications show some centres registered as many as 45.
The EC had announced it expected 1.2 million applicants to register over this period, which Parry said could be exceeded.
“By statistical service analysis, they indicated to us that we should expect between 1.2 to 1.3 million applicants and that is what we are targeting to capture. If exceeds the targeted figure and they are all genuine applicants, there wouldn’t be any problem.
“How genuine the applicants are will come from the registration centres. We have registration officials and party representatives who are to ensure that people who go through the process at the centres satisfy the requirement. If someone doesn’t satisfy the requirement, there’s the challenge process we have told them to initiate so that such people will be investigated. So if at the end of the day, somebody is not challenged, it is presumed that the person is eligible to be put on the register.”
Finally, Parry said security is not an issue since the period is a long one. According to him, security focus is mostly given to the general election.
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“It is not the practice that we send security officers to registration centres unless there’s absolute need for it. Unlike voting that takes place in a day where we can deploy a large number of security personnel just for 24 hours, the registration exercise is going to last for some 10 days so it will be difficult to say that you will be able to find enough men for the registration centres throughout the period.
“However, there’s always some security arrangements made by the district security apparatus and anytime there’s a challenge at any registration centre, we quickly alert the police to bring it under control,” he concluded.
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