Dr Kwadwo Afari Gyan, EC Chairman who spelt out the criteria in Accra said a prospective voter is required to provide their exact date of birth, their current residential address as well as their hometown address.
Read more: GH: Qualification Criteria For Biometric Voter Registration Out
According to the EC, it has established a data recovery centre outside its head office at an unknown location to serve as a back-up to its central database.
The recovery centre will contain the same data as the central database at the EC’s head office in Accra.
Read more: Ghana’s Electoral Commission builds ‘secret’ biometric data recovery centre
Director-General in charge of Research, Planning and ICT, David Asante-Apeatu, believes this is crucial in ensuring citizens get adequate protection.
He says the service has acquired some equipment to facilitate the work of personnel, and also improve their safety in the line of duty.
Elections 2012 is estimated to cost the nation 243, 528, 305.00 Ghana Cedis, Electoral Commission (EC) Electoral Budget available to the Ghana News Agency at the weekend revealed.
The budget estimates that the Biometric Voter Registration Exercise will cost 148,942,378.00 Ghana cedis; the exhibition of the Provisional Register 7,477,966.00 Ghana cedis and the Presidential and Parliamentary elections 87,107,961.00 Ghana cedis.
Read more: Ghana 2012 Elections to cost 243, million Ghana Cedis
Dr Kwadwo Afari Gyan, EC Chairman who spelt out the criteria in Accra said a prospective voter is required to provide their exact date of birth, their current residential address as well as their hometown address.
The applicant is also required to show evidence of eligibility to register by providing a birth certificate, passport, baptismal card, a driver’s license or a national health insurance card, the national identity card or the existing voter’s identity card.
Read more: GH: EC spells out qualification criteria for biometric voter registration