In a bid to ensure the safety and security of stakeholders and to make life easier for all prospective voters, the Electoral Commission has deployed a Mobile Telephoning System, also known the SMS to allow prospective voters to check their details using their mobile phones for a fee of 30 pesewas.
According to the EC, a prospective voter may access this system by simply texting his or her Voters ID Number to 1422 and immediately his or her details will pop up.
With this simple process, the EC said a Voter with the click of the button, can obtain His/Her Name, Voter ID Number,Age,Gender,Polling Station Code, Polling Station Name,District and Region.
This was announced by the EC Chairperson, Mrs Jean Mensa at the let the citizens know series held in Accra on Thursday, September, 17, 2020.
“This facility will be available to all voters throughout the period, from Friday the 18th of September to Friday the 25th of September 2020. We are aware that a number of citizens have tried to access this platform before it was activated. We wish to assure you that your funds have not gone to waste. Our team has compiled your details. The system will forward your information to your phone once the platform goes live on Friday. Therefore we urge you not to re-access the system.” the EC said.
The EC also stated that it is important to highlight that a Prospective Voter will need to visit the Exhibition Centre if he or she notices an error in the details that pop up from the SMS service.
“This only means that there were errors in the details captured and recorded at the point of registration and this may be corrected if the Voter so wishes. In that case the Prospective Voter would have to visit the Exhibition Centre,” EC added.
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