Deputy EC Commissioner in charge of Corporate
Services, Dr Eric Bossman Asare, said about 14,000 of the 30,000 disqualified
voters have been put on the Exceptions List while about 16,000 names have been
put on the Multiple List.
A name is put on the Exceptions List after it has
been excluded from the Provisional Register on grounds of disqualification –
registration outside the stipulated time.
Also, the Multiple Registration
List contains the names and photographs of persons who have registered more
than once.
“They cannot vote because they had engaged in
infractions,” Dr Bossman Asare said.
Dr Asare made the revelation when he spoke on a
current affairs programme on Joy News on Sunday, October 25, 2020.
He said the disqualification of these 30,000 people
went through a legal process, presided over by a judge, after their eligibility
was challenged – a point he made to explain that the removal of the names from
the provisional voters’ register followed due process.
He said although a few issues cropped up during the voters
registration exercise, the EC has been able to make sure that every Ghanaian
who registered in the just ended exercise would be able to vote on December 7.
“Your details are intact. Your biometric details –
fingerprint, facial recognition – all of them are intact. So, the Commission is
assuring all the good people of this country. Once you took part in the registration,
your details are intact. You are part of the 17 million or so people,” he
stressed.
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