Voter register has been tampered with – Omane Boamah alleges

Director of Elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Omane Boamah has expressed concerns about the validity of the voters’ record created by the Ghanaian Electoral Commission (EC), labeling it “incurably defective.” The party believes that the results of the general elections in 2024 may be in jeopardy because they have accused the EC of manipulating the register.

In a Facebook post made on August 28, 2024, Dr. Omane Boamah said “Without a forensic audit or parliamentary investigation of the voters register, the register remains incurably defective”

“The exhibition exercise has revealed avoidable problems, which, if not resolved, can jeopardize the outcome of the 2024 elections”, he added.

Dr. Boamah has alleged that the voter register which was released, has been tampered with.

“Forget about adjudication!!! It’s obvious the register has deliberately been tampered with! They did not expect such thorough scrutiny that has unveiled the mountains of anomalies”, he stated.

Dr. Boamah also talked about the unresolved issue of the disappearance of Biometric Verification Devices (BVDs) and the theft of Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) laptops under CCTV surveillance at the Electoral Commission’s headquarters.

“Keep in mind that the theft of Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) laptops under CCTV surveillance at the headquarters of the EC remains unresolved. Similar to the missing/stolen Biometric Verification Devices (BVDs)…”

Dr. Boamah has made reference to planning a number of public fora and protests to pressure the Electoral Commission to be transparent and accountable. “Series of public fora and demonstrations loading”. He has also urged Ghanaians to put some form of pressure on the EC, if parliament fails to do what its expected to do.”If Parliament fails, Ghanaians together with the international community, must exert enough pressure on the EC to permit forensic audit of their system, including the register.”

Dr. Boamah has revealed that constituency by constituency (based on polling stations) reports have exposed avoidable mistakes under the following headings:

1. Registered voters whose names are missing.

2. Qualified voters who are placed on the Exception list or the Multiple List.

3. Disqualified people due to multiple registrations or successful challenges who are still on the Main Provisional Voters Register (PVR).

4. People who have been transferred without their knowledge in addition to Old Transfers that are still appearing on the register.

5. People who have been moved from one polling station to another polling station.

Source: Starrfm.com.gh