This, the NDC believes is contrary to the law and will disenfranchise thousands of Ghanaian citizens who may not have a passport nor the Ghana Card and has prayed the apex court do not grant the EC the permission limit the documents required to only those two. But the Deputy AG indicated that the only legally recognised voters' ID card is the card compiled pursuant to C.I. Citing the Supreme Court’s decision in the Abu Ramadan case, the deputy AG stated that that judgement rendered all cards compiled prior to 2012 out of use. The cards obtained in 2012, he maintained, is equally problematic as individuals acquired that card by using the previous card. in contention, apart from the documentary evidence required also allows two persons to vouch for anyone who has no documentary proof of citizenship.

Source: GhanaWeb June 12, 2020 06:16 UTC