{"id":181833,"date":"2024-05-13T19:50:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T19:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/13\/ghana-card-as-sole-document-would-stop-violence-at-registration-centres\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T19:50:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T19:50:25","slug":"ghana-card-as-sole-document-would-stop-violence-at-registration-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/13\/ghana-card-as-sole-document-would-stop-violence-at-registration-centres\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Card as sole document would stop violence at registration centres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Electoral Commission (EC), has stated that the violence that has characterised the limited voter registration justifies its call for using the Ghana Card as a sole document for registration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to the commission, it has observed violence at some centres linked to the challenge of the age and citizenship of some registrants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, the commission believes such incidents would have been avoided if the Ghana Card was used as the sole document for the registration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At a press conference to update the press on the limited voter registration on May 13, 2024, the Deputy Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Bossman Asare, however, urged party agents to use the challenge process rather than attempt to physically stop registrants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe have also noticed that some of the disturbances occurring at some of our registration centres are\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">due to the fact that<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0some people are doubting the ages of some of the applicants. 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