Electoral Commission will begin its
limited voter registration exercise
today.
The exercise which will take place
across 6,000 centers will allow
persons who could not vote during
the last registration exercise and
those who turned 18 years after 2012
to register.
The limited voter registration exercise
was scheduled to begin on June 20
but was postponed due to a lawsuit
by PNC National Youth Organiser Abu
Ramadan, and a lawyer, Kwasi
Danso-Acheampong.
The two sued the EC over plans to
accept the NHIS card as an
acceptable identification card for
registration.
The Supreme Court on July 30, 2014
upheld the application challenging
the constitutionality of Regulation
1(3)D of C.I 72 which allows the
Electoral Commission to use health
insurance cards for the voters’
registration exercise.
The EC has since announced that in
compliance with the Supreme Court
ruling it will not accept national
health insurance cards as a form of
identification card.
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