Accra (Greater Accra)- The Electoral Commission (EC) said on Friday that it has nothing to do with the alleged voters' register found in Tema and that the electoral roll for this year's vote has not yet been printed. "The Electoral Commission will take all necessary measures to ensure the credibility and security of the voters register that will be used in the December 8 election," it said in a statement issued in Accra by Mr David Kangah, Deputy Chairman (Operations). The statement is in reaction to an alleged discovery of voters' registers in a carton at Tema. The EC said its inspection of the "registers" show that these were part of the lists of voters register it distributed to the political parties in April 1996 prior to the exhibition of the Voters' Register that year. "It is helpful to note that because these 'registers' were provided to the political parties to use in their campaigns, there were no dates on them, and some of the materials used to print them were old NCD (National Commission for Democracy) stationery." The statement said these lists have not been used for official work since 1992, and will not be used for the 2000 elections. "The public is therefore assured that any person in possession of these lists cannot use them in any way to influence the results of the 2000 elections."
Accra (Greater Accra)- The Electoral Commission (EC) said on Friday that it has nothing to do with the alleged voters' register found in Tema and that the electoral roll for this year's vote has not yet been printed. "The Electoral Commission will take all necessary measures to ensure the credibility and security of the voters register that will be used in the December 8 election," it said in a statement issued in Accra by Mr David Kangah, Deputy Chairman (Operations). The statement is in reaction to an alleged discovery of voters' registers in a carton at Tema. The EC said its inspection of the "registers" show that these were part of the lists of voters register it distributed to the political parties in April 1996 prior to the exhibition of the Voters' Register that year. "It is helpful to note that because these 'registers' were provided to the political parties to use in their campaigns, there were no dates on them, and some of the materials used to print them were old NCD (National Commission for Democracy) stationery." The statement said these lists have not been used for official work since 1992, and will not be used for the 2000 elections. "The public is therefore assured that any person in possession of these lists cannot use them in any way to influence the results of the 2000 elections."
