The Electoral Commission (EC) has terminated the appointment of its Pusiga district officer who engaged in 38 unauthorized voter transfers.
The action follows the EC’s investigations into the incident which occurred in August 2024,
The officer allegedly transferred voters without their consent from two polling stations in the Tamale South constituency and one polling station in the Sagnarigu constituency to the Pusiga constituency in the Upper East Region.
The EC announced the development in a statement on Thursday while responding to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) concerns on discrepancies in the voter register.
“We acknowledge that our Officer in Pusiga carried out 38 unauthorized transfers. The said transfers have been reversed and the Officer’s appointment has been terminated,” the statement read in parts.
The EC emphasised the integrity of its systems, noting that all transfers are recorded, including the date, time, and responsible officers, making them verifiable within the Voter Management System (VMS).
Furthermore, the EC addressed concerns raised by the NDC, which has yet to provide evidence of the alleged “15,000 instances of unidentifiable voter transfer paths.”
“All data, from registration to transfers and amendments are not deleted from the Voter Management System. All voters registered in the VMS can be accounted for,” the statement read.
According to the Commission, even if voter data becomes corrupted, there is still evidence, either paper or electronic indicating that a registration occurred.
“This allows the Commission to identify the voters and invite them for inclusion, should it be revealed that they are not in the Provisional Voters Register,” the EC said.
The EC once again rejected calls for a forensic audit of the Provisional Voter’s Register (PVR), arguing that the legal and administrative processes established to clean the register have not been fully exhausted, and thus a forensic audit is not justified at this stage.
In its quest to foster collaboration and transparency, the EC has extended an invitation to the NDC to join in a discussion table.
This dialogue, the EC believes, will provide an opportunity for the NDC to see firsthand the steps taken to resolve the discrepancies.
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