TIG Post

Tag: Voter exhibition

  • Voter exhibition exercise begins today – EC announces

    Voter exhibition exercise begins today – EC announces

    The Electoral Commission (EC) will begin its nationwide voter exhibition exercise today, August 20, which will continue until August 27.

    Dr. Bossman Asare, the Deputy Chairman of the EC for Corporate Services, stated that this exercise is designed to assist voters in identifying their designated polling stations.

    During a press conference on Monday, August 19, Dr. Bossman Asare explained that registered voters will have the opportunity to request the addition of missing names, challenge the inclusion of certain names in the voter register, and request the removal of names of deceased individuals, among other activities, throughout the exercise.

    “The Commission again, urged the general public, especially, registered voters to show interest in the voter exhibition exercise to assist the Commission in updating and producing a credible voter register for the 2024 general elections.

    “The exhibition exercise also provides an avenue for qualified citizens to object to the names of minors, and foreigners. By minors, we mean those who are not 18 years old. In addition, qualified applicants can object to the names of persons who are not residents in the electoral areas where they registered.”

    The Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, noted that police officers will be deployed to ensure that order prevails at the various voter exhibition centres.

    “We urge the public to patronise the exercise. Go there if you are very concerned and if there is any security concern, speak to our officers on the ground and we will deal with it humanly in a way that will satisfy everybody.”

  • Voter register exhibition in Kadjebi to be monitored by 109 security officers

    Voter register exhibition in Kadjebi to be monitored by 109 security officers

    The Kadjebi District Election Security Taskforce has announced that it will deploy 109 security personnel on Tuesday, August 20, to oversee the Provisional Voter Register Exhibition Centres across the district.


    The Kadjebi District Police Commander, Superintendent of Police Frank Nana Asomaning made this public during an emergency Election Taskforce meeting held in Kadjebi, Oti Region.


    The Supt. Asomaning urged the security personnel to approach their duties with diligence and tact.


    He highlighted that their temporary assignment is a significant national responsibility for the benefit of Ghana.

    The 11-member committee who will be overseeing this deployment includes key figures such as the District Police Commander, the District Ghana Immigration Service Commander, the District Customs Service Commander, the District Electoral Officer, the District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), the District National Ambulance Service Commander, and the District National Fire Service Commander.


    Additionally, the committee comprises the District Coordinating Director, the District National Investigation Bureau (NIB) Officer, and the District Crime Officer.


    The meeting was held to brief committee members on the deployment plan.


    According to the Electoral Commission (EC), Kadjebi District has 36 electoral areas with 115 polling stations.


    The EC had disclosed in a letter dated August 3, 2024, that the Provisional Voter Register will be exhibited nationwide from August 20 to August 27, 2024.


    The Commission encouraged the public to participate in this important exercise.


    “The Commission encourages the public to participate in the Exhibition Exercise”.

  • EC to pay staff who monitored voter exhibition exercise by Feb. 2

    EC to pay staff who monitored voter exhibition exercise by Feb. 2

    The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that field staff who supervised the voter exhibition exercise last year will receive their payment by Friday.

    Deputy Chairman of the Commission in charge of Corporate Services, Dr. Bossman Asare, stated that the delay in payment was due to inaccurate information provided by the staff.

    In an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Eyewitness News on Tuesday, he said, “The problem the commission has been having is that a number of the people we engage bring wrong bank accounts… And the challenge we also have with the banks is that once you send the payment, if about 2% of them have wrong details, the bank doesn’t honour the cheques.”

    “For those who did the exhibition, about 95% of the payment has been sent to the bank, so we do expect that by Thursday, Friday people should get their money,” he added.

    The five-day voter exhibition exercise conducted by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) in preparation for the district-level and unit committee elections ended on Tuesday, November 7, 2023.

    The exhibition process was initiated on Friday, November 3, spanning all 38,622 polling stations nationwide. It was opened from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm daily.