The National Democratic Congress, (NDC) is demanding the Electoral Commission produce the provisional voters register before printing of ballot papers since ballot statistics will emanate from the voters’ code book.
The Jean Mensah led EC has slated today October, 10, 2024 to commence the printing of ballot papers towards the 2024 general elections.
NDC’s Deputy Director of Elections and IT, Dr. Tanko Rashid Computer, has indicated that the party will insist on the bases upon the EC is printing ballot papers without the provisional voters register.
Dr Tanko said, “The Electoral Commission indicated they were going to give us a revised provisional register. But as we speak now, they don’t have it. They haven’t given us. They have not also given us ballot statistics. Ballot statistics will emanate from the voters’ code book of the register but we don’t have that.
“How come we are going ahead to print ballot papers? On which figures are they going to use to print the ballot papers? We have written back to them, indicating our position on that, although we have a meeting with them to discuss some of the processes.
“We will send a letter to them that look, you cannot proceed with the printing of the ballot papers if we don’t have the statistics and then the voter code books of each of the regions, we will not accept that kind of thing but if they want to go ahead with the printing of the notices of polls, we have no difficulties with that.”