Electoral Commission Reiterates Stand Not To Disenfranchise Anybody

The Electoral Commission last week outlined some twenty seven electoral reforms based on the Supreme Court's recommendations to conduct a free and credible election. 

On GBC's Current Affairs programme, ‘Talking Point,’ panelists looked at the key reforms introduced and how they would impact positively on the December polls. 

Director of Communications at the EC, Eric Dzakpasu said the decision to reject the no verification no voting stems from the fact that the law entreats all eligible voters to cast their ballots, therefore it will not be fair to disenfranchise anybody because a machine failed to verify the voter. 

Pollster and Editor of the Daily Dispatch Newspaper, Ben Ephson agrees with some of the EC's reforms and disagrees with others.

President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana, Christian Sottie said he expects a dialogue between the EC and the institute on the specific role of the accountants on the day of election. 

He said though the EC has announced the involvement of members of the institute in the election, the institute has still not been told what its members would be doing on December 7.

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