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The Electoral Commission has registered more females than males in the recently concluded limited registration exercise in the Asante-Akim South Municipality, revealed Samuel Koffie, the Deputy Returning Officer.
He stated that out of a total of 3,075 individuals captured during the 23-day exercise, 1,596 were females and 1,479 were males.
Koffie also mentioned that all five registrants who were challenged on the grounds of being minors have been cleared by the District Registration Review Committee.
Furthermore, 2,162 of the newly registered voters, representing 70 percent, were registered through the guarantor system, while 970 used the Ghana Card, and only six relied on their passports to get onto the electoral roll.
Despite network challenges on the first day and intermittent power outages—which were later resolved with the provision of a standby generator Koffie described the exercise as largely successful.
He noted that the political parties were cooperative in resolving challenges that arose during the period.
"Although we had a successful exercise, the process would have been easier if the majority of the registrants had a Ghana Card. The guarantor system made the work a bit cumbersome and time-consuming," he observed.
Koffie applauded all stakeholders who contributed to the success of the exercise and assured them of the Commission’s commitment to working closely with them in the spirit of transparency and fairness.
In a related development, the Electoral Commission in the Adansi South District registered a total of 2,005 new voters onto the electoral roll.
Mercy Aning Kuffuor, the District Director of the Commission, informed the Ghana News Agency that the exercise was successful due to the cooperation of all key stakeholders. She confirmed that the initial network challenges were resolved and that all prospective applicants completed the process successfully.
