General News of Thursday, 2 January 2020Source: starrfm.com.ghEC to procure new Biometric Voter machines for Dec. pollsFile photoThe Electoral Commission says it is set to procure new biometric voter management solution ahead of the 2020 general election. According to the commission, the decision was taken based on the advice of its IT team and external consultants. He added that the voter management system is obsolete and no longer supported by their original equipment manufacturers (OEM). ” we would like to remind you that in 2016 the registration we had in total 47% rates for BVRs during the preparation to the registration period. We had high rates of failure of prepare kits which were sent to the registration centers which created challenge during the registration,” he added.

Source: GhanaWeb January 02, 2020 09:45 UTC