REFORMS "This petition however has exposed the need for certain electoral reforms. I mention same of them. - The Voters register must be compiled and made available to the parties as early as possible. - A supplementary register may cater for late exigencies. - The calibre of presiding officers must be greatly raised up. - The pink sheet is too elaborate, a much simpler one to meet the pressures of the public, weariness and lateness of the day at the close of a poll etc. - The carbon copying system has to be improved upon. - The Biometric Device System must be streamlined to avoid breakdowns and the stress on the electorate involved in an adjournment of the poll. - Invalidating wholesale votes for insignificant excess numbers is not the best application of the administrative principle of the proportionality test. The South African biometric system as judicially reviewed in The New National Party of South Africa v The Government of the Republic of South Africa, Case CCT 9/99 dated 13/4/1999 may be instructive. However it is judicially acknowledged that the Electoral Commission is the body mandated by the constitution to conduct Elections and Referenda in Ghana and their independence must be respected as required by article 46 of the constitution." --- Atuguba JSC
Posted on: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 11:28:37 +0000
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