In the face of advancing technologies and emerging challenges in voter registration, Ghana will replace the current voters register with a biometric register for subsequent elections. Eligible Ghanaian voters outside the country are likely to be disenfranchised due to the use of the biometric verification process on election day. Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr. Afari-Gyan disclosed this during a dialogue between the EC and faith-based groups in Accra. He explained that since the finger prints and picture of the voter will be taken during the registration process, biometric verification demands the same human features and a proxy cannot have that. He was however quick to add, investigations were ongoing to find a solution to that development. Dr. Afari Gyan lamented over the 30 million dollars the commission needs to purchase 30,000 verification equipment for the 23,000 polling stations across the country. To register, eligible voters will have to prove by document, that they are Ghanaian. Among the documents required is a passport, old voter ID or driver’s license. In the absence of any document 2 approved voters will have to swear an oath on the person’s behalf. Touching on the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing Prisoners to vote, the EC chairman said “I wish we will all agree they should vote in the Presidential election only. Since with that the whole country is one constituency”. He explained his discomfort with allowing prisoners to take part in the parliamentary vote that the votes of prisoners who do not permanently reside in the constituency where they are held could affect seating MPs negatively. The nationwide biometric voter registration process will start on 24th March – 5 May 2012.