20 Fascinating Facts and Figures on Ghana’s Biometric Voter registration

Ghana is currently undertaking a Biometric Voter Registration exercise which will replace the existing voters register, thus it would render any previous voter registration invalid for purposes of voting in the upcoming December general elections. The Electoral Commission (EC) projects to register 13 million voters during the compilation of the biometric voters roll. Read below for other facts and figures on the 2012 Ghana biometric registration exercise.

I. 40 days for biometric registration

II. 10 days allocated for registration at each polling stations 

III. 10 regions - registration taking place

IV. 45,000 Electoral officials expected to work during the process 

V. 6,500 biometric registration kits 

VI. 23,000 polling stations expected to be open for biometric registration 

VII. 6 Indentity documents accepted for registraion( birth certificate, passports, driving license National insurance card, national ID and existing voter ID)

VIII. 148 million Ghana Cedis is the cost of biometric registration 

IX. 120 persons estimated to be registered on daily basis 

X. 24 March 2012 - start of biometric registration 

XI. 4 May 2012 - end of biometric registration 

XII. 16 hours a day - battery operated scanners daily lifespan 

XIII. 11 hours a day - duration of the daily registration process 

XIV. 620 polling stations expected to be observed by domestic obsevers during the registration

XV. 18 years and above Ghanaians are expected to register 

XVI. 7.00am to 6.00pm - daily schedule of registration 

XVII. 4 polling stations are expected to be combined into 1 cluster for registration 

XVIII. 6 fingers can be registered 

XIX. 0 fingers can be registered under a special provision 

XX. 10 fingers image will be taken during the registration

Stay with AEP until registration is over and get regular updates on Ghanaelections and Africanelections on twitter and on facebook for updates on this exercise.