EC sets date for biometric registration
Accra, Feb. 17, 2012
The Electoral Commission has set aside Saturday, March 24 to Saturday, May 5, 2012 for the much anticipated biometric voter registration.
The 40-days exercise will be carried out in four phases with each phase lasting for a maximum of ten days, weekends inclusive.
This was made known by the Chairman of the Electoral Commission; Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan at a media briefing in Accra.
Phase one of the registration exercise commences on March 24 and ends on April 2 with the second phase continuing almost immediately from April 4 to 13 2012.
The third phase of the registration will start on April 15 and end on April 24 with the final phase of the registration running from April 26 to May 5.
Registration will be held at the polling station levels with four polling stations coming together to form a cluster for the registration.
As part of the registration process, prospective voters will be required to provide their exact date of birth, their current residential address as well as their hometown address.
Applicants will also be required to show evidence of eligibility to register by providing a birth certificate, passport, baptismal card, a driver’s license or a national health insurance card, the national I.D card or the existing voter ID card.
The prints from all ten fingers of applicants as well as their images will be captured digitally as part of the registration exercise. In the event of an applicant having lost some fingers, the fingerprints of the available fingers will be captured. Special arrangements will also be made for the registration of persons without fingers.
After the registration formalities, applicants will receive a new voter’s ID card which contains their photograph and a barcode containing their unique ID card number.
According to Dr. Afari Gyan, measures have been taken to ensure that data captured during the registration process is secured. To this end, a technical committee has been set up comprising staff of the EC and representatives from the political parties to examine ways of achieving data security.
A pilot project of the biometric registration is expected to be carried out in all the regions at a yet to be announced date.
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