Election 2024: This is what happened at the IPAC Meeting on October 15, 2024

The Electoral Commission (EC) met with all political parties, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), and donor partners on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, under the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) framework.

The IPAC meeting aimed to discuss re-exhibition of the Provisional Voters Register (PVR), which is taking place from Tuesday, 15^th October to Saturday, 19^th October, 2024.

As the Commission assured the Public during the Special IPAC meeting on 1st October, Tuesday’s IPAC meeting was covered live by the media.

Attendance

In attendance were all registered Political Parties (NDC, NPP, CPP, LPG, GFP, GCPP, PAG, NDP, APC, GUM, PNC, PPP), CSOs, members of the diplomatic community and other Stakeholders, including the media.

EC Chairperson’s Address to IPAC

Addressing IPAC, the Chairperson of the Commission, Mrs. Jean Mensa, highlighted the following:

• The revised PVR has been exhibited online at no cost to voters
• Soft copies of the revised PVR on hard drives were made available to political parties and independent candidates during the IPAC meeting
• The revised PVR is marked improvement on the PVR presented during the August 2024 Exhibition Exercise
• Parties will be given a template to document and report discrepancies in the revised PVR
• This is the first time the PVR is being re-exhibited
• This shows that the Commission is transparent and a listening Commission
• The Commission thanks the NDC for raising issues with the PVR, and this also shows that the Commission is committed to transparency
• Voters are encouraged to check their details free of charge via the short code *711*51#
• Voters can also check their details from our website: https://ec.gov.gh. Voters should click on the pop-up link at the bottom-right corner of the screen and enter the 10-digit Voter ID number to receive their voter registration details.
• The Public should note that any discrepancies identified must be reported to the District Office of the Commission where they are registered voters for correction. Once the Re-Exhibition Exercise ends on Saturday, 19^th October, voters will still be able to check their details online but CANNOT request for correction of their details.
• List of Polling Stations has been provided to the Political Parties. There are 40,647 Polling Stations and 328 Special Voters
• Ballot statistics has also been provided to the Political Parties. The Commission adopted the approach of using the number of voters on the PVR plus 2% to ensure we have adequate number of ballot papers on Election Day.

The Current State of the Voters Register

• Number of valid voters – 18,772,251
• Females – 9,689,987
• Males – 9,082,264
• First Time Voters – 708,280
• Special Voters –  131,476
• Total Number of Transfers  – 332107
• Transferred Voters List – 311,344
• Proxy Voters List –  2,142
• Exception List  – 33,536
• Multiples List  – 26,790
• Missing Voters List – 1,273

Source: angelonline.com.gh