The Electoral Commission (EC) is to acquire biometric voter equipment by February next year to start biometric voter registration in the first quarter of the year, says Christian Owusu Parry, the EC’s Head of Public Affairs.
He said here on Wednesday that a committee was currently working on the technical aspects of the acquisition process, and added that the EC had agreed to introduce biometric registration since it would help check against double registration and eliminate names of fake voters in the Voters’ Register.
Speaking at the launching of the Centre for African Elections Media Monitoring Index (CAEMMI), Parry said the EC would roll out various activities, including media education, starting from January to inform the electorate on the next general election due in 2012.
He said verification equipment would be installed at polling stations to aid in the transparency of the process, adding that vigilance was required from everybody at the polling stations to monitor the system.
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