The certified voters register for the December 2024 elections will be ready in the first week of next month, the Electoral Commission (EC) has announced.

The EC also plans to commence the printing of the ballot papers for the elections from tomorrow.

The Chairperson of the EC, Jean Adukwei Mensa, who announced this at an Inter-party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting in Accra, said political parties would have access to the certified register by the first week of November.

“It is important to note that the commission will provide the political parties with the certified copy of the final voters register by the first week of November, 2024,” the EC chairperson said.

IPAC meeting
The EC used yesterday’s IPAC meeting to update the political parties and the public on its continuous efforts to clean the electoral register.

It was in fulfilment of an assurance by the commission at a similar IPAC meeting two weeks ago to clean the electoral roll of discrepancies which were identified during the nationwide exhibition exercise.

Ballot printing
On the printing of ballot papers which starts from tomorrow, Mrs Mensa explained that it would be based on the total number of registered voters, as available in the revised provisional voters register, with an additional two per cent to take care of any shortfalls.

“In arriving at the ballot statistics, we took into account the total number of registered voters on the revised provisional voters register (PVR) and added a two per cent margin.