One can transfer vote after staying at new place two months

Saltpond (C/R), Nov 03, GNA - A registered voter who wants to transfer his or her vote to his or her new place of abode can only do that after residing in the new place for at least two consecutive months.

Mr John Mensah, Mfantseman District Electoral Officer, said any registered voter, who had not spent two months at his new place would have to go to where he or she registered to exercise his or her franchise in Election 2004.

Mr Mensah was addressing the Manteseman District Assembly after supervising the election in which Mr Adjei Asamoah Kusi of the District Directorate of Education defeated the incumbent, Mr Frank Neequeye to become the Presiding Member.

Mr Mensah appealed to the electorate to report electoral malpractices to the Police and reminded them that the Electoral Commission (EC) had no mandate to deal with electoral offences and that any offence brought to its notice had to be reported to the Police for investigation and advice.

Mr Mensah appealed to assembly members to carry the message of peace before, during and after the elections to their electoral areas and advise politicians against inciting people to become violent. He advised them to caution the electorate against selling or exchanging their voters ID Cards for money.