EC Announces Reprinting of Volta and Ahafo Regions Ballot Papers
The Presidential and Parliamentary ballot papers for the Ahafo and Volta Regions after the Electoral Commission observed some discrepancies with the serialization.
In a statement, the Commission said the decision followed an audit process instituted at all Printing Houses responsible for printing ballot papers for the 2024 elections.
It explained, “While the printing of the ballots had gone on seamlessly, the serialisation which was supposed to be done through an automated system to provide serial numbers based on a sequence, had gaps. As a result, a manual system was adopted by the Printing House to fill the gaps.”
“Upon further assessment, the Commission decided that the manual system was not fool-proof and could therefore not be relied upon to produce an accurate serialisation of the ballots. In the light of the above, the Commission took the decision to reprint the ballot papers and informed the Political Parties at an Emergency IPAC Meeting on Friday, 15th November 2024.”
It noted that the re-printing of the ballot papers for the Ahafo and Volta Regions will now be undertaken by Buck Press and Acts Commercials respectively.
Meanwhile, the affected ballot papers were burned on Sunday, November 17 in the presence of agents of the Political Parties after a Destruction Certificate was issued and signed by them.
Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini
