The Electoral Commission, on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, issued a press release concerning its decision to extend the ongoing exhibition of the voters’ register.

“As part of efforts to serve the interest of its Stakeholders and promote greater participation and inclusion, the Electoral Commission has extended the Voters Exhibition Exercise from Friday 25th September to Sunday 27th September 2020.” The press release stated.

This decision was arrived at so as to enable all prospective voters the opportunity to visit the various exhibition centres to verify their details, which the EC believes is instrumental in achieving a clean and credible voters register:

“The Commission is of the view that this extension will allow even more Stakeholders to check and verify their voter registration details. This is instrumental for the achievement of a clean and credible Voters Register.”

The Electoral Commission, therefore, urged the general public to utilise this opportunity to go and verify their details at the various centres or use the SMS platform by sending their ID numbers to the shortcode 1422.

Mother of former President Jerry John Rawlings, Madam Victoria Agbotui has died at age 101.

Multiple sources close to the Rawlings’ family have confirmed this sad news.

According to sources, Madam Agbotui had been unwell for some time now. She recently celebrated her 101st birthday on September 9, 2020.

Born in 1919, Madam Victoria Agbotui came into the limelight following her son’s ascension to power in 1979.

She was also the head of the catering department at the presidency during her son’s reign.

Victoria Agbotui hailed from Dzelukope near Keta in the Volta Region.

Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr Eric Asare Bossman has announced that come December 7, 2020, the number of prospective voters expected to cast their votes at all polling stations has been reduced to 700.

This strategy to be employed by the EC during the elections, according to Dr Asare Bossman, is proof that the commission is not relenting in its efforts to ensure that all measures put in place work properly.

During his delivery, he made mention that in the 2016 elections, the number of voters at the various polling stations were 850 but due to the pandemic, polling stations with more than 700 prospective voters at the various centres will be divided into A and B.

This means the polling stations which had prospective voters registered beyond 700 will be divided into two. Thus those polling stations will have two centres where prospective voters will be able to go and exercise their franchise come December 7, 2020.

According to the Deputy Chair of the Electoral Commission, transfer of votes will be limited to security personnel to enable those who will be sent on national duties to ensure peace transfer their votes as well as students who registered in their various schools.