The Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, has emphasized that Ghana’s Electoral Commission boasts one of the finest Biometric Verification Devices (BVDs) globally.

Dr. Quaicoe highlighted the BVDs' robustness in accurately identifying voters and preventing electoral fraud.

Despite encountering initial challenges at the onset of the limited voter registration exercise, Dr. Serebour affirmed the Commission's dedication to producing a trustworthy voter register for the 2024 elections.

Speaking on Hot Issues with Keminni Amanor on Sunday, May 19, the Director of Electoral Services asserted, “The EC has one of the best BVDs in the world in terms of speed and accuracy in determining voter identity. Posterity will judge us.”

Dr. Quaicoe noted that although technical issues arose during the adoption of new biometric verification devices in 2020, the elections were ultimately successful.

Moreover, he stressed that the Commission's decision to transition its officers to offline registration mode was part of the agreed process with political parties.

Furthermore, Dr. Quaicoe disclosed that as of the conclusion of Day 6 of the registration exercise, approximately 2,900 challenges had been raised against certain applicants nationwide, with efforts underway to address them promptly.

In parallel, the EC aims to register around 623,000 first-time voters in the ongoing limited voter registration exercise across the country ahead of the December 7 national elections.

The 21-day exercise, which commenced on Tuesday, May 7, spans all 258 district offices of the Commission and is slated to conclude on Monday, May 27, 2024.

Additionally, the Commission has established an additional 785 centers to accommodate individuals facing accessibility challenges in reaching the EC’s district offices.

Permanent centers will be established at the district offices, while mobile teams will facilitate registration in hard-to-reach Electoral Areas.

The EC will furnish political parties with a list of registration centers no later than twenty-one days before the exercise.

“Anybody who has followed our elections will know that the technical challenges happened in 2020 when we decided to go for the new biometric verification devices. But it turned out to be a successful election,” he added.

“Going offline is part of the voter registration process, so it’s not something new. We did more offline registrations in 2020 than in 2024,” he told Keminni Amanor.