NDC to CSOs: Forensic audit essential to correct voters’ register errors

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) met with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other key stakeholders on Monday, September 23, to push for a forensic audit of the 2024 voters’ register.

During the meeting, NDC leaders expressed concerns over alleged irregularities discovered in the provisional voters’ register provided by the Electoral Commission (EC) during the August exhibition exercise.

According to the NDC, one of the key issues identified was the inclusion of over 243,000 illegal names in the list of transferred voters.

A previous meeting was held on Friday, September 6, at the EC headquarters to address these discrepancies, but it ended without resolution.

In response, NDC National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, announced a nationwide protest, which took place on Tuesday, September 17, to pressure the EC to agree to a forensic audit.

At the end of the protest, a formal petition was submitted to the EC, and the Deputy Chairman in charge of operations promised that the petition would be reviewed and addressed.

Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, NDC’s Director of Elections and IT, reaffirmed the party’s key demands, which include:

1. Publishing the findings of the forensic audit,
2. Re-exhibiting the register after the audit,
3. Correcting unauthorized voter transfers,
4. Revising the electoral timeline while maintaining the December 7 election date, and
5. Instituting measures to prevent future manipulation of the voters’ register.

Dr. Boamah further suggested that the EC’s resistance to the audit might indicate the presence of more significant discrepancies that the commission is unwilling to reveal through thorough scrutiny.

Below is his post on Facebook