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Voter's Register plaintiffs head back to court

According to Nana Asante Bediatuo who represented Abu Ramadan of the People’s National Convention and Evans Nimako of the NPP in the case  said the clarity might be necessary given the different interpretations people are giving to  the verdict .

 

On Thursday, May 5, the Supreme Court ordered the Electoral Commission to delete from the electoral roll names of persons who have not established qualification to be on the register. This includes deceased persons, minors, and persons who registered with NHIA cards.

Some have argued the court did not order the removal of names of persons who registered with the NHIA cards from the electoral roll.

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But Nana Asante Bediatuo said his clients did not seek the deletion of names of persons who registered with NHIA card but it sought the deletion of  ineligible persons from the roll, and that is what the court has granted.

The EC in its response after receiving a certified copy of the judgement said amongst other things that it would use the exhibition process to clean the register.

The Commission noted that in accordance with the provisions of CI 91, Registered Voters will be given the opportunity to verify their registration details at all polling centres nationwide with the use of verification machines.

"We all should show up and all of us should use the verification to verify our presence and then establish our eligibility to remain on the register. Otherwise, the process that they describe I'm afraid will not end up removing ineligible people unless it is mandatory of all Ghanaians", he said on News File.

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