General News of Saturday, 18 January 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe 36 challenges facing current voters' registerJean Mensa, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC)The Electoral Commission (EC) has justified its resolve to create a new voters’ register ahead of the 2020 general elections as it has listed 36 challenges facing the current Biometric Voters’ Management System (BVMS). He explained that, “Since 1987/88, the EC has replaced the voters register three times: 1995, 2004 and 2012. The 1987/88 voters register was used for 7 years, that of 1992 was used for 9 years, the 2004 register was replaced after 8 years and the 2012 register has been used for 8 years. It has been the practice over the years to replace the voters register after every 8 years: that is after two General Elections and two District Level Elections”. In effect, using such a register for subsequent election(s) will greatly affect the credibility of the election(s)”, Mr Tettey noted.

Source: GhanaWeb January 18, 2020 12:00 UTC