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Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the majority leader, has voiced his reservations about the Electoral Commission’s (EC) plan to only accept the Ghana Card as proof of identity for voter registration in the 2024 elections.
Relying exclusively on the Ghana Card for voter registration would be premature, according to Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, who cited the ongoing difficulties with the National Identification Authority’s (NIA) Ghana Card issuance.
He stressed that while some eligible voters have registered for the card, others are still awaiting its issuance, and that many eligible voters have not yet received the card.
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Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu emphasized that the Ghana Card exclusion of eligible voters from voter registration for the District Level Elections (DLE) was a factor in the EC’s initial decision, which drew criticism. He restated that the same problems would arise if the Ghana Card became the only acceptable form of voter registration.
“So many people don’t have the Ghana card and some of the people who have registered to get the card have not been given the card. And given the pendency of the District Level Elections (DLE) to have tied registration to the Ghana card knowing that some of the eligible Ghanaians have not been registered to get the Ghana cards…to say that you were restricting it to the Ghana card was going to be problematic.”
“If they can assure that every eligible Ghanaian will be provided with the Ghana card then you can bring the instrument based on the Ghana card.
“But if you admit that not every eligible Ghanaian has been registered or can be registered then it becomes difficult to tie the registration solely to the Ghana card,” he stated.
