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Ghanaians may most likely vote in the 2012 general elections with new voters Identification (ID) Cards, Mr. David Kanga, Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC) has disclosed.He said the present ID cards have outlived their usefulness and could be faked by some individuals to cheat during the elections.Mr. Kanga noted the EC would do away with the present laminated cards. He explained that when the EC first issued laminated cards; there were no lamination facilities in the country as there are presently.Mr. Kanga is however worried fraudsters could use scanning machines to produce fake ID cards, adding, that is the more reason it has become necessary to change the ID Cards to suit present day circumstances by adopting new technology.At the just ended Akwatia Parliamentary re-run polls in six polling stations, some voters managed to use fake ID cards to exercise their franchise.Mr. Kanga who was at Akwatia to personally observe the elections was shown some of the fake cards at the Yoruba Mosque “A” polling station.He said the bearers of those cards escaped arrest and possible prosecution because polling officials felt arresting them could spark violence to disrupt the polls.Mr. Kanga also noted that somebody managed to scan pictures from the voters register to print the fake cards.Source: GNA
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