The Electoral Commission(EC) has announced that the district level elections will be done without the use of indelible ink.
According to the EC, this is because the biometric system introduced will cure the menace of double voting which the indelible ink is meant to do.
The opposition NDC has raised concerns with the decision to conduct the elections without the use of indelible ink.
But addressing the media in Accra on Monday, December 18, 2023, the Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensah said the concerns of the NDC should not be a problem due to the use of biometric system.
“…The issue of indelible ink, the question is when we were not doing biometric, we were basically using your face and card. We look at your face and we say this picture looks like you. The biometric technology doesn’t make it easy for a person who has been verified and cast his or her vote to cast a second time. So there is no room for indelible ink, because once you have been verified, it goes into the system and you can’t vote a second time.
“So, you can try it if you wish at this election, but of course it will be deemed as an electoral offence. But because biometric technology facial features are recognized or your fingerprint is recognized and verified, you cannot vote a second time….So that is the reason why the Commission took the decision to do away with indelible ink.”
Source: Kasapafmonline.com/102.5FM
