The Head of the Electoral Commission's Training Department, Dr Serebour Quaicoe, has explained why the Electoral Commission is charging a 50 pesewa fee for checking voters' details electronically. Speaking on Peace FM's Kokrokoo show on August 21, 2024, he said the charges are paid to service providers and not the EC, as claimed by some members of the public. "It is for service charges, and not for the Electoral Commission. If the money were to come to the Electoral Commission, then that is our money for us to account for but it's for the service charges. If you use MTN, the money goes to MTN; if you use Telecel, it goes to Telecel," he explained. Dr Serebour Quaicoe further clarified that the method has been in use since the 2016 and 2020 elections and is not a new system recently implemented. "In 2016, 2020 we used USSD codes to check for the voter exhibition details so this is not something new.