A Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr. Bossman Asare has stated to vote on election day, you don’t need your voter’s identification.
According to Bossman Asare, all the necessary procedures have been put in place to ensure a smooth, fair, transparent, and credible electoral process on December 7.
Speaking in an interview with TV3 on Monday, November 25, 2024, he revealed, “To vote on election day, you don’t need your voter’s ID, if you have your voter ID card it makes the process very easy, but if you don’t have one, when you go to the polling station, at each polling station there five officials, the first person you will encounter is the name reference officer, the name reference officer has a list, of all the people who have registered at that particular polling station”.
“Assuming you don’t have your voter ID card, and you mention your name, that person will check your name based on your surname, will check the column where your is as well as the page number and that person will give your name to the verification officer who will then scan your barcode on the voters register”, he added.
Bossman Asare further emphasized, “So again, if your voter ID card is missing, please still go to your polling station on election day, you will be able to vote. And let me also state that the elections are taking place, the presidential elections are taking place on December 7th”.
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To vote on election day, you don’t need your voters identification – Dr. Bossman Asare disclosed on #TV3NewDay pic.twitter.com/rFkVyAFNbz
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