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2016 EXHIBITION OF THE BIOMETRIC VOTERS
2016 EXHIBITION THE BIOMETRIC VOTERS REGISTEROF AND REGISTRATION REGISTER AND REGISTRATION Background TheBackground limited voter registration exercise which took fromvoter Aprilregistration 28 to May exercise 8 2016 Theplace limited used the took biometric technology which place from April 28totocapture May 8 the2016 details of qualified applicants for the used the biometric technology to third time the in Ghana’s democratic process. capture details of qualified applicants Theforuse biometric targeted theofthird time intechnology Ghana’s democratic process. The things use of biometric technology among other the elimination of targeted among by other things which the multiple registrations applicants, elimination multiplevoter registrations by often occurredofin similar registration applicants, which often occurred in similar exercises organised in Ghana before the voter registration exercises in year 2012. Consequently, theorganised technology before the a more year credible 2012. hasGhana been used to produce Consequently, the register technology has been clean and verifiable of voters for to produce a more credible clean and theused 2016 presidential and parliamentary verifiable register of voters for the 2016 elections as well as other elections. presidential and parliamentary elections as well as other elections.
The exhibition of the provisional voters register as a sequel the capturing The exhibition of thetoprovisional voters of register data from the field is capturing the nextofstage as a sequel to the data towards producing final from the field is a the nextvoters stage register. towards Theproducing ElectoralaCommission Ghana The has final voters ofregister. announced from 18th to 7th Electoral that Commission of July Ghana has th August 2016,that it will put18on display July to the 7th announced from August 2016, it will voters put on register display the provisional biometric at provisional biometriccentres votersthroughout register at designated exhibition exhibition centres throughout thedesignated country and also give opportunity to theregistrants country and alsonames give opportunity to NHIS whose were deleted NHIS nameswithin were from the registrants register towhose re-register from the register to re-register thedeleted first two weeks of the exercise. We within theevery first two weeks of the exercise. encourage citizen registered to vote We encourage every citizen registered to to go to the appropriate centre to CHECK to go to the appropriate centre to andvote CONFIRM their registration details.
CHECK and CONFIRM their registration details. The EC has decided to conduct a The EC has decided to conduct a mopping up mopping up exercise between 5th and 12th exercise between 5th and 12th August, 2016 August, 2016 to allow NHIS card to allow NHISwho cardcould registrants who within could registrants not register
not register within the stipulated two-week period to re-register.
As part of its support towards informing
the stipulated two-week period to rethe public about the exhibition exercise and register.
increasing turnout during the exhibition
well as increasing public Asexercise part of itsassupport towards informing in the electoral processes, theconfidence public about the2016 exhibition exercise IDEG and the CFI haveduring developed andthe increasing turnout the this exhibition exercise as wellpublic as increasing fact sheet to enhance knowledge public confidence in the electoral and understanding of 2016 the exercise. processes, the IDEG and the CFI have developed sheet to enhance public What isthis thefact exhibition exercise about? knowledge and understanding of theof the The exhibition exercise is a display exercise. provisional biometric voters register at designated exhibited centres for inspection
What is the exhibition exercise about? by prospective voters and the general public. The exhibition exercise is a display of the People willbiometric be given voters the opportunity provisional register atto put in claimsexhibited for corrections andinspection inclusions as designated centres for as objections unqualified names bywell prospective voters toand the general on thePeople register.will be given the public. opportunity to put in claims for corrections should as participate in the exhibition andWho inclusions well as objections to exercise?names on the register. unqualified
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All Ghanaian citizens who have
Who should participate inshould the exhibition registered to vote be physically exercise? present at designated centres to • All Ghanaian citizens who have verify their details as captured in registered to vote should be the biometric voters register. physically present at designated • centres Any person eligible register to verify theirtodetails as as a voter may objectionsvoters to names captured in raise the biometric of unqualified persons on any of the register.
voters register at the centre.
Any person eligible to register as a may raise objections to Whatvoter is different this time? of unqualified • names The exhibition exercisepersons would on be held any the voters the– 7th overofthree weeksregister (18th at July centre. August 2016). •
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Opportunity would be given to those whose names have been deleted because they registered with the NHIS card to register for the first two weeks.
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Additionally, there will be a mopping up registration exercise from 5th to 12th August 2016 to enable NHIS card registrants who were not able to register in the first two weeks of the exercise to register A separate exhibition exercise would be held for all NHIS card registrants who were re-registered on 5th, 6th, and 7th September, 2016. Prospective voters would be verified biometrically by placing any of their fingers on the verification device at the exhibition centre.
All requests made at the exhibition centres will be recorded on the EC’s certified exhibition forms and on any of the voters register. At the close of the exhibition period, all completed exhibition forms and the voters register will be sent to the District Offices of the EC to be processed. Types of requests • Minor changes/corrections These are changes or corrections for wrong spelling or omission of characters in voter details such as names, sex and age. These changes or corrections would be done at the exhibition centres.
Continuous Registration On the 19th and 26th of August, 2016 new applicants can apply for a voters ID card at the District Offices of the EC
• Major changes/corrections Major changes/corrections are for: 1. Complete change of voter names 2. Addition of new names 3. Change of polling station code 4. Change of photographs.
What requests can be made during the exercise? Requests that could be made at the exhibition centres include: • Inclusion of omitted names. • Objection to names of unqualified voters on the register. • Removal of names of deceased voters from the register. • Replacement of poor qualified or damaged voter ID cards. • Correction of wrong spelling names. • Correction to wrong registration centre codes. • Amendments to registration details as a result clerical error.
These requests would be done at the EC’s District Offices. Will there be fresh registrations during the exhibition process? No! The national exhibition process is different from the limited registration process. Therefore, any citizen, of voting age and sound mind who could not register during the limited registration process, cannot register within the three-week national exhibition period.