The provisional voter register for the general elections scheduled for December 7 will be made available to political parties on Friday, August 16, the Electoral Commission (EC) has said. The announcement follows a demand made by the largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), for the provisional register to be made available immediately. The delay was condemned by Dr. Omane Boamah, the NDC's Director of Elections, who blamed it on the EC's incapacity and a calculated attempt to give political parties a substandard register. Boamah warned that the NDC and other stakeholders are at risk of potentially dire consequences as a result of the delay and are "deeply concerned that the posturing and incompetence of the EC and its IT Department can plunge Ghana into anarchy if not remedied immediately." But the EC's Director of Training, Dr.