I can see a long line of people going to sue if EC sticks to 'no Ghana Card, no voting' - Kofi Bentil

In an interview on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday, Mr Kofi Bentil stated that if the EC “goes along this line, we will have a massive problem.”

Bentil’s comments come after the Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC) in charge of Corporate Services, warned prospective voters to obtain a Ghana Card since that will be the only requirement for registering to vote in the 2024 elections.

Speaking in an interview on The Pulse on Wednesday, Dr. Bossman Asare said without a Ghana Card, one will not be registered to vote.

“The Commission in collaboration with our partners took the decision that now let us have the Ghana Card as the main requirement.

“So what this means is that as soon as you acquire your Ghana Card with a continuous registration, you just go to our district office where you are located then you go and register and your name will be put on the roll of voters,” he said

Compile a list of persons who are eligible to vote … however, if the NIA today unreasonably is unable to do its job you cannot say that if the person is a Ghanaian, qualifies on everything and the person does not have NIA card you will not allow them to vote that is not your job,” he stressed.

Bentil, per the provisions of the 1992 Constitution, “any means you can use to show that you are Ghanaian is valid” therefore “using Ghana Card as a primary document is illegal.”