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We'll go ahead and start compilation of new voters' register in April - EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has said it will begin compiling the new voters register for the December 2020 elections in April.

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The commission said it hopes to end the exercise by the end of May for the 2020 parliamentary and presidential election.

The EC has asked Parliament to approve GH¢444,846,663 for the compilation of a new voters register which it believes will be more credible and efficient than the existing one.

The Director of Electoral Services, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe said: "We want to start by mid-April and by the end of May we would have finished."

In an interview on Accra-based Starr FM, he said the budget for the exercise has been approved but the EC is yet to receive the funds.

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The commission said there is a need to replace outmoded biometric machines.

The EC said it has decided to go ahead with plans to compile new voters register after a meeting with IPAC which the National Democratic Congress (NDC) suggested it would be expensive to compile.

The NDC said there were no consultations with the EC to compile a 2020 voters' register.

However, the NDC has reiterated its opposition to the EC's move to compile a new biometric voters register.

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The party said it is illogical.

Speaking on the claim by the National Identification Authority that it is willing to hand over its data to the EC, Dr. Serebour said: "We have a challenge with their data, we are targeting over 10 million people but they have about 7 million so we don't know when the will be ready. And besides, we have to attach a polling station to all those numbers".

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