GHANA: Ghana's first-time voters register to have voices heard

Ghana’s electoral commission has opened registration centres nationwide for a limited voter registration exercise today. 

The registration machines use biometric recognition software

The exercise gives previously unregistered and first-time voters above the age of 18 an opportunity to have their names entered on to the register of voters.

More than 1.2 million people are expected to be registered in the next 10 days. 

The chairperson of the electoral commission, Charlotte Osei, warned against anyone attempting to register twice and urged those who have simply lost their voter IDs to make a formal complaint to the electoral commission for a replacement.

Ghanaians head to the polls in November for presidential and parliamentary elections amidst concerns about irregularities with the countries voters register.

BBC Africa