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General News of Monday, June 17, 2019
Source: primenewsghana.com
2019-06-17
Registration will begin each day from 7 am to 6 pm and will include weekends
Some residents who register with the Electoral Commission, the limited exercise of registration of voters by EC in the city of Savelugu, in the north of the country, are stranded as a result of the election. network failure.
When addressing Citi FM, some residents stated that the exercise began at 8 am but that no cards had been issued at that time, officials having told them that 39, a network failure prevented them from issuing them.
"They say that the network is not good and that they are waiting for the network to come, that the network is not good and that they can not do it." We started around 8 am in the morning, but no one was able to receive his cards as now. "
But reports from other parts of the country, such as the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions, show that the turnout was high and the process went smoothly as opposed to parts of the northern region.
Exercise of limited registration of voters
The Electoral Commission (EC) began today, on June 17, 2019, a limited national voter registration exercise, intended to register Ghanaians who have reached the age of 18 since the last registration, as well as those who, for one reason or another, have never registered to do so. .
It is part of the Commission's preparations for the district-level district, metropolitan, district and municipal (MMDCE) elections scheduled for Tuesday, December 10, 2019.
The exercise that was originally scheduled for June 7 had to be postponed following an injunction application filed by a Ghanaian citizen, Umar Ayuba, challenging the decision of the body of management of elections to hold registration in its district offices and in certain electoral areas.
But the Supreme Court in its decision on the opportunity to maintain the injunction or dismiss the petition.
A statement signed by Commission President Jean Mensa following the Supreme Court's decision said: "The limited voter registration exercise will take place from Monday, June 17, 2019 to Sunday, July 7, 2019. "
According to the statement, "registration will take place in all district offices of the Commission and in designated areas / electoral centers throughout the country.
Eligible documents for registration include a Ghanaian pbadport, a valid driver's license, a national ID card and an old non-biometric voter card for registrants prior to the 2012 voter registration exercise. .
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