Electoral Commission Reaffirms Commitment to Providing Accurate Numbers

As the December polls approach, the Electoral Commission (EC) has reiterated its commitment to delivering precise figures and information. This reassurance comes in the wake of intense criticism over data errors published during the ongoing limited voter registration exercise.

The EC acknowledged and corrected specific inaccuracies in the infographics, emphasizing that these errors did not affect the overall statistics of registered voters. In a recent engagement with the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) and other stakeholders, EC Chairperson Jean Mensah urged the public to retain their confidence in the Commission’s capabilities.

“While I do not hold brief for the team, they were relying on Coral Draw to create these pie charts and graphs manually. We’ve now gone back to the drawing board and switched to using Excel,

“And so we may not have those colourful graphs, and the focus should not be on that because the application that was being used was not able to do accurate tabulations, so you will find that people had to do it manually.

“So the Coral Draw has been abandoned, and Excel has been applied. But again, I say this because we are a listening Commission and intend to build trust, you come back and let the people know what went wrong and what has been done.” Jean Mensah explained.