The Electoral Commission (EC) has admitted that it can partially be blamed for the issues that came up during the two phases of the special voting exercise ahead of the general elections on December 7.

Speaking on Accra-based Citi FM, the Director of Communications at the EC Eric Dzakpasu said the EC could have prevented some of the happenings during the exercise if it had displayed the special voting register before the day of the exercise.

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The EC is mandated by law to display the special voting register at least 42 days to the day of the exercise.

However the EC failed to do so. After he was asked if the EC will take the blame because they failed to adhere to all required laws as pertaining to the elections, Dzakpasu said “if you want me to admit for the sake of the discourse, yes.”

“…but if you make it convenient and if someone will feel comfortable having it that the Electoral Commission must admit that we did not do it well, so be it,” he added.

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But Dzakpasu was quick to add that “the important thing is that, let us as a country and stakeholders focus on how best we can get it right by playing our role as prescribed by the rules and the processes.”

The special voting exercise was marred with challenges. Many special voters did not find their names in the register. Some were asked to go and vote in other constituencies. This led to a second phase of the exercise which also recorded similar situations.

Meanwhile the EC has said the voters who could not cast their ballot in this year’s special voting exercise can do so on during the general elections on December 7.