Madam Jean Mensa, chairperson of the EC, says the exercise aims to register approximately 623,000 first-time voters across the country.
“Registration will be from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, which gives us the figure of 623,000. That is not to say that we cannot go beyond that. We did mention that in 2023, we projected 700,000 people to visit our registration centers.”
Jean Mensa further said the commission has arranged for all district offices to rent generators in case of power outages; these generators will kick in to ensure continuous voter registration services.
She explained that its offices will switch to an “offline” mode, where voters will be registered manually and their details stored on a pen drive if the generators fail.
“We are trying hard to, but we’ve made arrangements to ensure that we don’t have challenges because of Dumsor. We’ve done to have all our district offices rent generators so that in the event there’s dumsor, that can kick in.
“However, should the unexpected occur, we would switch on to offline. By offline, we mean the voters will be registered, and their details will be put on a pen drive that will be copied in our offices when the light returns, so the registration will not be disrupted.”
The 21-day exercise will end on May 27, 2024.
