General News of Thursday, 23 January 2020Source: Graphic.com.ghEC sets April for new voters register compilationEC Chairperson Jean MensaThe compilation of a new voters register for the 2020 elections will begin on April 18, this year, the Electoral Commission (EC) has confirmed. DetailsGiving details of the EC’s calendar of activities, he said it would deploy 8,000 registration devices to cover the 32,000 polling stations across the country. He explained that the EC would use the cluster system for the registration, where four polling stations would form a cluster. That meeting, he said, would take place next week, indicating that the processes were ongoing to explain to the stakeholders why a new voters register was essential for the 2020 general election. CSOsEighteen CSOs have also registered their opposition to the decision of the EC to compile a new voters register.

Source: GhanaWeb January 23, 2020 07:07 UTC