The electoral commission (EC) has debunked statements mounted on them by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of plotting to rig the December 7, polls.
During a press conference on Sunday, the opposition party stated that the EC has printed over 150,000 extra ballots papers and has deliberately failed to release details of the processes, hence they believe this is an attempt to rig the elections.
Speaking on the AM Show, the acting director of Public Affairs of the EC, Sylvia Annoh indicated that, the EC does not print ballot papers on the blind side of political parties.
According to the acting director of public affairs of the EC, the Commission “prints ballot papers in 100s, 50s, 25s and 10s" making it difficult to print ballots papers per the exact number of electorate in a constitution.
“We have our booklet in 100, 50, 25 and 10 so depending on each scenario, If you have a polling station with 88 voters you need to add 5%.
"We need to strategise and make sure that some may go a little higher above it. And that does not mean we are just increasing the ballot,” she added.
According to the NDC, per convention and practice of the EC over the years, the EC is required to print an extra five per cent of the total registered voters in each polling station to cater for spoilt ballots, however, the EC has printing beyond the required percentage.
Sylvia Annoh added that the political parties during the printing process had the opportunity to observe the procedure, hence, they are supposed to know the number of ballot papers that are going to the field from each printing house.
She further asked the NDC to seek clarification with the leadership of the Electoral Commission on any concerned raised by the party.
“If the NDC has a genuine issue I believe they should consult the leadership of the Electoral Commission.”
The acting director assured the general public of ensuring an election devoid of any form of unfairness.
"I can assure you without any thread of doubt that we are not doing anything contrary to what we have in store," she stated.
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