We have not added names to voters’ register to rig elections – Electoral Commission

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has denied allegations that it is “cooking data” to rig the 2024 elections in favour of a political party.

This follows concerns that have been raised after the conduct of the voters’ register exhibition in which some alleged illegal transfers of votes took place.

Other claims have been made by the opposition National Democratic Congress that the electoral body’s actions indicate a targeted attempt to bloat the register.

But in a response, the Deputy Commissioner of the EC in charge of Corporate Services said, “it is absolutely untrue that the Commission has added names to the Voters Register in a bid to rig the elections for a particular party.”

“Those allegations are without merit and should be disregarded by the Public. The EC has no intention of bloating the register to give any political party advantage over the other,” Dr. Eric Bossman Asare told the media on Monday, September 2, 2024.

“As explained earlier, the cumulative transfer data for 2020, 2023 and 2024 were inadvertently summed up in the registers provided to the Political Parties.”

“This has been corrected and the revised register will be provided after all corrections have been made,” he further stated.

Dr. Bossman Asare indicated that the revised transfer list will be shared with the parties.

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