EC extends re-registration of deleted NHIS registrants
The Electoral Commission (EC) has offered a
second opportunity to deleted NHIS registrants, to get back onto the voters'
register ahead of the December polls.
The EC had earlier explained that there is no indication that an extension would ensure more people are re-registered.
But after pleas by opposition parties and the general public the EC has decided to offer a lifeline to the over 30, 000 people who failed to register during the first registration period.
After an IPAC meeting yesterday, the EC stated that “we are giving the deleted NHIS registrants a second opportunity from 5th to 12th August 2016 to re-register. So if you were unable to do earlier you have a second opportunity to get yourself back onto the voters’ register.”
The Ashanti Regional NPP hinted of a possible court action against the electoral body if it failed to extend the deadline because they argue the time allotted for the re-registration was not enough to capture all the 56000 voters who were affected by the deletion.
The EC had earlier explained that there is no indication that an extension would ensure more people are re-registered.
But after pleas by opposition parties and the general public the EC has decided to offer a lifeline to the over 30, 000 people who failed to register during the first registration period.
After an IPAC meeting yesterday, the EC stated that “we are giving the deleted NHIS registrants a second opportunity from 5th to 12th August 2016 to re-register. So if you were unable to do earlier you have a second opportunity to get yourself back onto the voters’ register.”
The Ashanti Regional NPP hinted of a possible court action against the electoral body if it failed to extend the deadline because they argue the time allotted for the re-registration was not enough to capture all the 56000 voters who were affected by the deletion.
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