{"id":8190,"date":"2024-09-19T09:35:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T09:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=8190"},"modified":"2024-09-19T09:35:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T09:35:47","slug":"the-ghana-elections-project-backs-calls-to-audit-voters-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=8190","title":{"rendered":"The Ghana Elections Project backs calls to audit voter\u2019s register."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A pro-democracy group, The Ghana Elections Project (TGEP), has backed calls for an independent audit of the voter\u2019s register ahead of the December 7 General Elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement released on September 19, 2024, the group expressed its disappointment in what it described as the \u201cElectoral Commission\u2019s nonchalant attitude toward the call for an audit of the voter\u2019s register.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ghana Elections Project said, \u201cThe dismissive posture of the Commission in the face of such a call does not befit an independent constitutional body mandated to conduct public elections in a democratic country such as Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group\u2019s statement comes less than two days after the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) held a protest calling for the voter register audit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to the NDC\u2019s call, the Electoral Commission has agreed to meet with the party\u2019s leadership to discuss its grievances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br>A pro-democracy group, The Ghana Elections Project (TGEP), has backed calls for an independent audit of the voter\u2019s register ahead of the December 7 General Elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement released on September 19, 2024, the group expressed its disappointment in what it described as the \u201cElectoral Commission\u2019s nonchalant attitude toward the call for an audit of the voter\u2019s register.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-d7cc640efa6319b09f7765e9cd5c21da ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wbKGTsh-3OE?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ghana Elections Project said, \u201cThe dismissive posture of the Commission in the face of such a call does not befit an independent constitutional body mandated to conduct public elections in a democratic country such as Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group\u2019s statement comes less than two days after the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) held a protest calling for the voter register audit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to the NDC\u2019s call, the Electoral Commission has agreed to meet with the party\u2019s leadership to discuss its grievances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, The Ghana Elections Project has reminded the Electoral Commission that \u201cits role under the constitutional framework is akin to that of an independent umpire. As such, any attitude or utterance that portrays the Commission as an interested and biased institution should be disregarded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAccording to the recent Afrobarometer survey, the Commission, as it is presently constituted, is already least trusted. Therefore, the Ghana Elections Project would not expect behaviours that threaten the safety of Ghanaians and cast doubt on the credibility of the December 7 General Election results. The Electoral Commission must build public confidence in its work before and after the December 7 General Elections, and it should start with the voter\u2019s register,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ghana Elections Project has urged the Electoral Commission to \u201cyield to calls for an independent audit of the voter\u2019s register to ensure that no voter is disenfranchised in the upcoming election, as it did in the 2020 General Elections when residents of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi, and Likpe (SALL) were denied the opportunity to exercise their democratic rights.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pro-democracy group, The Ghana Elections Project (TGEP), has backed calls for an independent audit of the voter\u2019s register ahead of the December 7 General Elections. 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