The Director of Electoral Services for the Electoral Commission, Dr. Serebour Quainoe in an interview has said that during elections, names of the dead can still be used to vote.
According to him, no matter how careful the EC is in removing the names of the dead from the voter register, there can still be the names of the dead in the register. “It is easier to remove the names of people who died eight (8) years ago from the register. But for recent deaths of a year and less, these names can prove difficult to delete from the register,” he said
Speaking in an interview on Happy FM’s all new Happy Morning Show, Dr. Quainoe speaking on behalf of the EC made known that, the manual verification process can easily be compromised because it takes human beings to do that and that is why the facial recognition verification is being introduced.
He added that members of the political parties can even claim to know someone impersonating the dead just to get that individual cast a vote for their party. “No political party can tell me that, they won’t take advantage of the system is there are such loopholes,” he said.
The EC is compiling what it says is a more credible and efficient register with facial recognition component to tackle verification challenges that occur on Election Day.
Though the move has been heavily criticised, the EC insists that, that the fingerprints and facial recognition will be used simultaneously for better outcomes.
By: Joel Sanco