I will not vote - Dr Afari-Gyan

“But in my private life, I would vote”, he said.

Dr Afari-Gyan made this known in response to a question on whether he made any formal choice during elections at the news conference which was organised by the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA).

He said even though the EC would be making use of new technology such as the verification kits, the commission would still be relying on fax machines to receive results at the headquarters.

“This is because we would need to see signatures endorsing the results”.

Dr Afari-Gyan explained that this time around when the results arrive at the headquarters, the EC would quickly make copies available to political party representatives so as to speed up the process.

He said there were a total of 14.07million registered voters

The EC Chairman denied that the Commission had said minors could vote explaining that what the EC had said was that between the time the anomaly was identified and polling day, those minors could not be legally prevented from voting.

The EC Chairman said the register has been legally certified by a court of the law and that from now only persuasions and appeals could be used.

“If you see a small kid in the queue, be patient for him or her to pass. It does not mean they cannot be punished,” he added.

“They passed infront of us and we did not challenge them during the registration and during the display of the register”.

Story by Enoch Darfah Frimpong