The National Democratic Congress (NDC), has dragged the Electoral Commission to the Supreme Court over the compilation of the new Voters’ Register.
The NDC is praying the Court for an order directed at the EC to include all existing voter identification cards duly issued by the second defendant,(EC), as one of the documents serving as proof of identification for registration as a voter for the purposes of public elections.
In a writ invoking the original jurisdiction of the court, the NDC is seeking a true and proper interpretation of Article 45(a) of the 1992 constitution, on whether the EC has “the constitutional power to, and can, compile a register of voters only once, and thereafter revise it periodically, as may be determined by law”.
It is also further seeking declaration on whether the EC can only revise the existing register of voters, and lacks the power to prepare a fresh register of voters, for the conduct of the December 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.
The Attorney General and the EC have fourteen days to file their response.
