Free Press

Electoral Commission to revise voters? register

The Free Press says the much-suspected voters? register is to be revised this year, in anticipation of the next general elections in the year 2000. The revision, the paper says, is intended to give Ghanaians who have attained the voting age of 18, to be registered. The revision is also to prune of the names of the deceased.

The paper reports Mr David Kanga, Deputy Electoral Commissioner in charge of Operations, as announcing this after supervising the approval of Major Caesar Acheampong (rtd) as the substantive District Chief Executive for Ejura-Sekyedumasi in the Ashanti Region. Mr Kanga, the paper says, disclosed that negotiations are under way between the Commission and the government for funds to finance the issue of photo identity cards to all eligible voters in subsequent elections in Ghana.

Mr Kanga said during the first phase of the transition exercise, the Electoral Commission would replace all voters? identity cards, adding, "this will enable the Commission to know the correct number of all eligible voters in Ghana".