Regional News of Monday, 10 August 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comVoter registration: Mop-up exercise in Ellembelle witnesses low figureThe EC was able to register 120 applicants in the two day mop-up exerciseCorrespondence from Western RegionThe Electoral Commission (EC) in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region registered 120 eligible applicants in its voter register in the just ended mop-up registration exercise. The EC commenced a 38-day nationwide voters' registration exercise on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, and ended on Thursday, August 6, 2020, in 33,367 registration centres. Speaking to the agents of the two main political parties at the centre, they to blame the EC for the low figure recorded in the two-day mop-up exercise. They said the EC did not do any public education and announcement about the exercise adding that "the timing for the mop-up exercise was bad, the EC was supposed to give at least one week notice before the mop-up exercise". Meanwhile, the EC was able to register a total of 1,103,728 eligible voters in the 38-day mass voters' registration exercise in the Western Region.

Source: GhanaWeb August 10, 2020 14:26 UTC