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According to the poll which was conducted in all the 16 regions across the country, 64 percent of Ghanaians are in support of the new register.
Dr. Issac Owusu Mensah a research fellow at the Political Science Department of the university explained that the majority of respondents from all the 16 regions answered in the affirmative.
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"We realised that about 64.9 percent of Ghanaians say they support the Electoral Commission to come out with a new voters’ register and most respondents believe a new register will ensure credibility of the election results"
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"Those who were not in support of the Electoral Commission's (EC) decision to compile a new register indicated that ‘it would be a waste of resources and will allow foreigners to come and register amongst others reasons'"
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Jean Mensa, EC boss
Dr. Mensah adds, the respondents who were against the compilation of a new register said the current register was ‘solid and good enough’.
The poll was conducted among 27,500 respondents. 17,843 persons said yes to a new register with 9,654 saying no to the compilation.
On the other hand, the Electoral Commission says it believes the integrity of the 2020 polls could be diluted if a new register was not compiled.
The EC is also of the view that a new Biometric Voter Management System is set in place to commence the compilation of the new register.