Multiple entries will not be removed from one region — EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has stated that it has no plan  to remove names of suspected cases of multiple entries from one region.

In response to calls by political parties for the publication of the list of multiple registrations, the EC in a statement signed by its acting Director of Public Affairs, Mr Christian Owusu-Parry, clarified the process of de-duplication after the 2014 limited voters registration exercise.

It said the EC would continue to use the established process of de-duplication to remove multiple names towards ensuring a cleaner register ahead of this year’s elections.

Adjudication process

The EC enumerated the adjudication process as matching of fingerprints by Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS ), a software which detects and brings out multiple registrations, the examination of facial and personal data of all applicants with multiple registrations by officers of the commission

Others are confirmation or rejection of each case and the decision thereon by adjudication supervisors of the commission, printing out of adjudication reports and the review of reports by the Adjudication Review Committee made up of Head Office Directors of the commission.

The statement further added that the process would also involve a selected senior staff of the head office, political party representatives and representatives of selected civil society organisations to determine all cases of suspected multiple entries and submission of adjudication review committee report to the chairperson of the commission for authentication and approval.

“Following the conclusion of adjudication, names approved are either moved from the Exceptions List and added to the register, or deleted,” it added, and gave an assurance that wherever multiple registrations were detected, due process would be applied.