VOTER REGISTER NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE- NDC DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS AND IT

The Director of Elections and IT of the National Democratic Congress(NDC), Dr Rashid Tanko Computer has described the current voter register as error-ridden which is not fit for purpose. Dr. Tanko Computer stated that the current voter register is fraught with mistakes and irregularities and thus, cannot be used for the December 7 polls. “There is more to it than what we are thinking. In fact, the register, as we speak now, is completely sick. It cannot be used for any purpose, because you can have some consequences where you have the data completely quadrupled".He emphasized “There is no polling station that is going to have more than 700 [voters]. But you can have a polling station with a register reporting a transfer of more than 1,000 [voters]. It doesn’t make sense. There is something wrong with it [the voters’ register].” The NDC on Tuesday, August 27, wrote to the EC demanding an emergency meeting to discuss what it said were discrepancies it found in the provisional register provided to political parties during the exhibition exercise. Story By: Collins Boateng (Cabman) for VOV News