A little over 114, 000 voters are expected to cast their ballot under the special voting on December 1, 2016, according to the deputy Communications Director of the Electoral Commission, Yusif Ayuba.
Mr. Ayuba told Morning Starr host Nii Arday Clegg Wednesday that the list includes media personnel, security services officials and election officials.
According to Mr. Ayuba, the earlier list of 65, 001 put out by the Head of Communications at the EC, Mr. Eric Kofi Dzakpasu, was not the final list.
He explained that the election management body has now completed the recruitment process for its officials whose data has been added to the list shooting the number from 65, 001 to 114, 000.
The New Patriotic Party was the first to raise red flags over the discrepancies in the special voting numbers saying that the 65, 001 list was not accurate.
The EC, however, maintained that the list for proxy voters is 554 contrary to claims by the NPP that the list is over a 1,000.
Special voting is a special dispensation under the electoral laws that allows registered voters who will not be able to present themselves at their polling stations on voting day as a result of the roles they will play in the elections to vote on a date before the rest of the electorate vote on the date set for the elections.
The category of people who are allowed to do special voting are security personnel, officials of the EC and journalists.
On Monday, November 14, 2016 the Supreme Court dismissed a case intended to pin the Electoral Management Body to declare results of the Early Voting ahead of the main polls slated for December 7.
Source: Today
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I AM NOT SURE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON ST THE EC. IS IT THAT THE HEAD IS NOT BEING BRIEFED PROPERLY OR WHAT? I HAVE PERSONALLY HEARD DZAKPASU EMPHATICALLY PRONOUNCING FIGURES THAT HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE FALSE SO WHY WILL THE NPP NOT MAKE NOISE ANY TIME TIME THEY DISCOVER A MISCHIEF. AS FOR THE COMPLAINTS UNIT IT WILL NOT WORK BECAUSE OBSERVATIONS WILL BE TREATED WITH DISDAIN BY THE POSTURING OF THE EC. FOR EFFECTIVE RESPONSE PARTIES SHOULD GO STRAIGHT TO THE PRESS. TIME IS TOO SHORT FOR COVER-UPS. NO BOARDROOM DISCUSSIONS GO STRAIGHT TO THE PRESS CHARLOTTE AND HER COHORTS CAN NEVER I MEAN NEVER BE TRUSTED. THEY HAVE A SAD BUT VERY SERIOUS UPHEAVIOUS AGENDA.
The US ambassador has served that notice.
This Charlotte Osei EC is up to mischief,so so inconsistencies and in all this its only the NDC that seems to back them. Hmmmmmmmmm,still NANA B3BA!!!
These are the enemies the Bible says we should bring them before me and slay them in Luke 19:29 inconsistency lairs in their delivery, if they con tune with this they shall see no rest in their life time I pray with love for them to be diligent in their duty of services
Why is it that the Two EC spokespersons keeps given us different numbers ?? .
We need the breakdown please. How many security personnel, EC officials and that of the media.