General News of Thursday, 28 May 2020Source: Starr FMYour job is to get Ghanaians to vote, not to exclude them - CODEO to ECEC Chairperson, Jean MensaThe Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has appealed to the Electoral Commission to rethink their decision to exclude the existing voter’s ID card as proof of identity in the upcoming mass voter’s registration exercise. According to CODEO, the decision by the EC is likely to disenfranchise many Ghanaians in the upcoming elections. So whatever measures you put in place, you must ensure that you are making it possible for them to vote. On the face of it, it (exclusion of voters ID card) is not helpful because there are a lot of people who do not have the passport and national ID,” she said. "Some of the EC commissioners agreed at our meeting that in some communities it will be challenging for some people to do so because they do not have the national ID or passports.

Source: GhanaWeb May 28, 2020 09:11 UTC