THE CHAIRPERSON
ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF GHANA
HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA.
Dear Electoral Commissioner.
I write for and on behalf of Hon. Alan Kyerematen, Independent Presidential Candidate, Founder and Leader of the Movement for Change (MC) and Alliance for Revolutionary Change (ARC).
The MAC and the ARC have noted with deep concern, reports of compromised data in respect of the current Voters Register that the Electoral Commission (EC) is preparing for the 2024 General Elections.
The EC has accepted the authenticity of reports of poor data control, and has indicated that they are currently conducting an internal exercise to rectify the anomalies under reference. In spite of the Commission’s efforts, the manner and process of remedial action remains in serious public contention.
Therefore, given that the integrity of the impending Elections primarily rests on the functional quality of the Voters Register, M4C proposes the following measures in support of securing universal acceptability of the Voters Register.
1. The establishment of a high-level Technical Working Group (TWG) chaired by the EC, with representatives of Candidates cleared to contest the General Elections, and the Consultants responsible for the EC data management.
The Technical Working Group would agree on the process and procedures for a full and comprehensive audit of the current Voter Register, based on the following
source documents;
a. The final 2020 Voters Register
b. Limited Registration information since 2021
c. Voter Transfers effected since 2021, and
d. Special Voters Lists since 2020 to date.
3. Each member of the Technical Working Group ought to be provided access to original copies of the listed source documents, and facilitated to determine the veracity of the entries in the said documents.
4. Representatives of Candidates cleared to contest the General Elections, who have written evidence of any compromised data in respect of the current Voter Register, are required to submit same to all members of the Technical Working Group, before the start of the audit process.
5. The final outcome of the collaborative comparative process, would be deemed to be the Final Voters Register for the conduct of the 2024 General Elections.
The proposed process outlined above, mirrors a ‘forensic audit’ being advocated for by a section of the Ghanaian public, and ought to come up with a Voters Register acceptable to all contestants and voters in the upcoming 2024 General Elections. The timeline
proposed for the exercise is from the 30th September, 2024 to the 11th October, 2024. This would enable the EC to release a Final Voters Register by the 14th October, 2024.
M4C and ARC believe that, approaching the resolution of the doubts around the Voters Register in such a joint manner, ensures transparency, of intent that will settle any lingering issues around the Voters Register, and position the country for a free, fair, transparent, and credible General Elections on December 7th, 2024.
We will appreciate your response to the above proposal by Friday, 27 September, 2024.
With Very Best Regards,
Nana Ohene-Ntow,
Director, Elections Planning and Coordination,
Movement for Change (M4C).
