By The Electoral Commission (EC) has corrected inaccuracies in its publication of daily voter registration figures during the ongoing limited voter registration exercise.
At the conclusion of day four of the exercise, the EC issued a press release reporting that 143,014 eligible voters had been registered.
However, within less than 24 hours of the initial release, the EC issued a follow-up statement acknowledging an error: the figure for day three in the Upper East region had been inadvertently repeated.
“The Electoral Commission has noted some mistakes in the daily voter registration figures earlier published. The mistakes appeared in the total registered figures stated for days two and three although the individual regional figures were accurate, while the day three figure for Upper East was repeated for day four. All these have been corrected.”
The EC clarified that despite the errors, the total tally of registered voters remained unaffected, with the final count standing at 143,014 at the conclusion of the four-day registration period.
The registration process began on Tuesday, May 7, targeting first-time voters and individuals seeking to obtain a voter card. This 21-day initiative is set to conclude on May 27, 2024.
An estimated 623,000 first-time voters are anticipated to be added to the voter register by the end of the exercise.
Here’s a breakdown of the registration figures by region: Greater Accra region has registered 17,837 voters; North East, 3,948; Upper East, 6,691; Northern, 10,373; Bono, 4,900; Bono East, 5,118; Volta, 7,512; Upper West, 5,256; Eastern, 14,884; Central, 15,434; Ahafo, 3,889; and Ashanti, 25,558.
The remaining registrations include 5,638 from Western North; 4,206 from Oti; 2,989 from Savannah; and 8,781 from the Western region. The EC remains committed to reaching its registration target before the exercise concludes.
