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\"ElectoralThe Electoral Commission (EC) has made it clear that electronic voting (e-voting) will not be applicable in the 2012 general election because the time is not yet appropriate for the system.<\/p>\n

It however indicated that it would most likely use a biometric register for the conduct of Election 2012. The Deputy Chairman (Finance) of the EC, Mr. David Adenze Kanga, made this known to the Daily Graphic in Accra on Tuesday April 20, after a meeting with the leadership of the four political parties with representation in Parliament.<\/p>\n

He said there was the need for the nation to hasten slowly with respect to e-voting. \u201cFor electronic voting, we are not going to be there in 2012.<\/p>\n

“Our own view is that we should encourage corporate bodies and institutions to begin to use e-voting for their own internal elections so that people will get used to e-voting such that by the time the commission is ready and we go national, people would have appreciated the difficulties of e-voting if there are any,\u201d he submitted.<\/p>\n

Mr. Kanga said that was very important because when e-voting was used suddenly, there might be some misunderstanding at the end of the elections and some people might not accept the results.<\/p>\n

The EC has shortlisted seven companies for the provision of the technology required for the biometric registration exercise. Mr. Kanga said biometric registration would go on, so that by next year, there would be a new biometric register for the conduct of the 2012 general election.<\/p>\n

The meeting was under the auspices of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and it afforded the officials of the EC and the leadership of the four political parties \u2013 the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the People\u2019s National Convention (PNC), and the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) \u2013 the opportunity to discuss other critical issues relating to the smooth conduct of Election 2012.<\/p>\n

One of those issues was the funding of the elections. The EC has submitted a budget of 80 million Ghana cedis to the government for the conduct of the elections.<\/p>\n

Mr. Kanga said the EC and the political parties would continue to remind the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, so that the ministry would in turn engage donors to raise the budget required for the biometric registration and next year\u2019s general election. \u201cThe conduct of elections is by the commission, but the success depends on all the political parties,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the outcome of the meeting, the National Chairman of the NDC, Dr. Kwabena Adjei, said elections were the fulcrum around which democracy evolved and as such their integrity needed to be protected.<\/p>\n

For his part, the National Chairman of the NPP, Mr. Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, said such meetings and consensus building efforts were very necessary to address issues. \u201cWe are very happy with the agreements that we have reached on the biometric register, which is critical to the enhancement of our democracy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The National Chairman of the PNC, Alhaji Ramadam expressed hope that the meeting would go a long way to create a conducive atmosphere for the 2012 general election.<\/p>\n

The biometric register to replace the existing voters register that was compiled in 2004 will capture the particulars of voters in an electronic version, unlike the current manual register. It is believed that this will help address some of the challenges in the electoral process, such as double registration and impersonation.<\/p>\n

Source: Daily Graphic<\/p>\n

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