General News of Wednesday, 24 October 2018Source: www.ghanaweb.comExhibition of voters' register scheduled for October 25play videoElectoral Commissioner, Jean Mensa addressing the mediaThe Electoral Commission has set Thursday, October 25, 2018, as the commencement date for the Exhibition of the Voters Register prior to the referendum on the creation of six extra regions in Ghana. The exhibition of the voters' register is in line with the Public Elections Regulations 2016 C.I 91, which instructs the Electoral Commission to display the provisional register of voters of each polling station for public inspection. She added that both the 2016 and provisional voters register will be placed at the various exhibition centres for prospective voters to verify their personal data and effect the needed changes. “Both the 2018 Provisional Voters Register and the 2016 Voters would be placed at the Exhibition Centres for prospective voters to verify their details as captured and make requests for amendments or insertions where necessary,” Madam Jean Mensa told the media. According to the Electoral Commissioner, the exhibition of the register would provide the opportunity for Ghanaians to safeguard the credibility of the voters’ register, which mostly generates controversy before, during and after elections in the country.

Source: GhanaWeb October 24, 2018 15:11 UTC