542 persons on Missing Names List to be manually verified on election day — EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has assured that persons on its “Missing Names List” will be granted the opportunity to vote come December 7.

Some 542 persons on this list will vote through manual verification in the December 7 General Election.

The Missing Names List comprises of registrants whose names were not captured in the final register.

Addressing a press conference on Monday, November 30, the EC Chairperson, Mrs Jean Mensa said, the “Missing Names List” will be made available at various polling stations to enable them to vote.

“Following the exhibition exercise, the Commission took a thorough review and analysis of the register and took steps to reconcile the number of persons who actually registered with the number of persons on the voters register.

“We relied on the end of day reports generated by the biometric voter registration kits and compared the actual number of registrants on the end of day reports in the final provisional register at the time. At the end of the day, it was revealed that 542 persons had been registered but were not captured in the register.”

“In our determination to ensure that every eligible person who registered is given the opportunity to exercise his or her franchise on the election day, the names of these persons have been published on the website and at the district offices throughout the country.

“They will be presented with the opportunity to vote and they will be manually verified. The commission will send their details on the missing names list and their Form One As and Form One Cs to the polling stations where they registered and they will be granted the opportunity to vote.”

---kasapafm