No verification no vote law is a bad law; it must be repealed – Expert

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Pelicles 10 years ago

If the biometric verification does not make sense than the question is, was the biometric verification, debated deeply before passing into law? Was parliament able to think deep and come out with answers to some obstacles t ...
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If the biometric verification does not make sense than the question is, was the biometric verification, debated deeply before passing into law? Was parliament able to think deep and come out with answers to some obstacles that will pop up rendering the verification a useless venture? If no, then it seems our leaders have no brains to think deep. These are some of the problems facing us as a nation because we lack "critical thinking".

This biometric exercise can work where the people behave like "real humans" but not in Ghana where we have animals parading as humans who lack commons understanding. A law is a law and it is humans who will make a law work better.

Additionally, no system can work better in Ghana if the people are not prepared to change their sense of thinking and allowed the "rule of law" to exact its toll on those who will go against it. There is nothing wrong with the system we have but the problem hampering its smooth operation is the people. We have attitude and we are not honest. Ghanaians hate to be truthful. We believe in lies and what is the rule of law to the "educated elite" in our society let alone the ordinary man/woman? There is no nation on this planet that is well developed in which the people are dishonest and disrespect the rule of law. We are our own enemies because we are fill his dishonest practices and trampled on the rule of law.
Kay 10 years ago

Very good comment,why is it that we don't raise questions when we travel to Europe and other places and are asked to go through test that involve machines?We are just dishonest and uncivilized people.

Very good comment,why is it that we don't raise questions when we travel to Europe and other places and are asked to go through test that involve machines?We are just dishonest and uncivilized people.
IDRIS PACAS 10 years ago

There's absolutely nothing wrong with CI75 especially with the no verification no vote. Verification is not only fingerprint as you're narrowing it to. Simply seeing your name in the biometric voters register is main part of ...
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There's absolutely nothing wrong with CI75 especially with the no verification no vote. Verification is not only fingerprint as you're narrowing it to. Simply seeing your name in the biometric voters register is main part of the biometric verification. nAna and co. only went to court to prevent their supporters from demanding explanations for the party's defeat.
Gye Nyame 10 years ago

I think people/politicians simply bought into the hype of the biometrics which was marketed perhaps as fool proof therefore led to the "No verification no vote" law. It seems that very few countries have adopted the biometric ...
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I think people/politicians simply bought into the hype of the biometrics which was marketed perhaps as fool proof therefore led to the "No verification no vote" law. It seems that very few countries have adopted the biometrics systems for voting and my observation was they were mostly third world or less developed countries – Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and Brazil with high illiteracy rates.
In my opinion the money spent on biometrics considering we don’t have the infrastructure to support it, could have been spent on providing national ID cards or cleaning out the electoral process. In the end it seems the use of the system was more trouble than it was worth – leading to slow, long waits on election day(s) and eventually, controversy in court.
My hope though is that the electoral process would be sanitized by the next elections.
The African Patriot 10 years ago

To add a few on your correct points. The motto "No verification, No votes" was not properly communicated because it was wrongly understood by many people and created at long last hindrances. Dr. Afari Gyan who lead the idea i ...
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To add a few on your correct points. The motto "No verification, No votes" was not properly communicated because it was wrongly understood by many people and created at long last hindrances. Dr. Afari Gyan who lead the idea is one to be blame. He was is paying to communicate righteously to the public, unfortunately, his message create the understanding that, one should register and pass throug the verification maschines to stop alliens to vote for NDC. But at the end it was allowed. I am now asking myself the use of this verification mashines if everyone is allowed to vote without been verified?

The idea of "No verification, No vote" is a good one but corrupt justices and EC organise one voice and mantain it. A change of the rules by the NDC government must be sabotage by all oposition parties to avoid manipulation of the system.

We need true and patriot Ghanaians and not slave drived justices and leaders.

Ghana all the time!!1
DEE 10 years ago

NO MATTER WHICH LAW IS REFORMED,GHANAIANS ARE NOT READY TO LIVE BY IT OR WITH IT.WE ARE FULL OF ARROGANCE,PRIDE,CORRUPTION AND FULL OF EXCUSES.A TYPICAL EXAMPLE IS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT VIOLATE A TRAFFIC LAW,IS CONFRONTED BY ...
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NO MATTER WHICH LAW IS REFORMED,GHANAIANS ARE NOT READY TO LIVE BY IT OR WITH IT.WE ARE FULL OF ARROGANCE,PRIDE,CORRUPTION AND FULL OF EXCUSES.A TYPICAL EXAMPLE IS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT VIOLATE A TRAFFIC LAW,IS CONFRONTED BY A POLICE OFFICER AND HE ASK THE OFFICER DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?THE OFFICER ALLOWS HIM TO GO.NEXT TIME THE OFFICER ARREST A TAXI DRIVER FOR THE SAME OFFENCE,THIS TIME HE TAKES BRIBE AND ALLOW HIM TO GO FREE BECAUSE THE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT HAVE THOUGHT HIM SO.ONLY OUR ATTITUDES CAN MAKE THE LAWS EFFECTIVE.
KWAME, BELGIUM 10 years ago

Your contribution here is one of the best from you. Ghana as a whole needs change and follow laid down principles. Thanks

Your contribution here is one of the best from you. Ghana as a whole needs change and follow laid down principles. Thanks
K.A.K. 10 years ago

Please there is nothing wrong with the law. There should be some alternatives. ie if the machine fails what happens. HOPE you are also aware that there was NO SINGLE PROOF that some one voted without biometric

Please there is nothing wrong with the law. There should be some alternatives. ie if the machine fails what happens. HOPE you are also aware that there was NO SINGLE PROOF that some one voted without biometric
insight to the bone 10 years ago

see these typical reactions or responses from these ndc idiots and one notices immediately there is no love in their hearts for their fellow ghanians , in fact they dont even love themselves . its a party born in hate and dri ...
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see these typical reactions or responses from these ndc idiots and one notices immediately there is no love in their hearts for their fellow ghanians , in fact they dont even love themselves . its a party born in hate and driven by hate . this justice anin yeboah gives us hope that there are still some Akans who have not been brainwashed by this ndc hate of the Akans propaganda. in the ndc today no Akan no matter his post can stand up and defend the rights of his own people in fact they act like the Vichy govt that was imposed on the french by the Germans . woe betide you if you praise anything fanti or ashanti or even attempt to reach out to akan businessmen who genuinely wish to serve the country , by the way thats why ndc has no projects or plans for the better ghana . now they start the smear campaign against this innocent judge as ordered by idiot tsikata , mr judge they plan to kill you just like they did mills so make sure you are surrounded by only Akans all the time and dont eat or drink with any of these ndc pepeni and ayigbe murdering criminals . to the people of ghana stay away from the pepeni and ayigbe , if they say go left make sure you do the opposite and go right . resist everything they do , long live the republic of Akan
atta 10 years ago

It is sad how politicians argue about protecting votes. Elections are not just about votes which is the end product but the process of voting too. All votes become devalued if the process is corrupt and not streamlined. Hence ...
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It is sad how politicians argue about protecting votes. Elections are not just about votes which is the end product but the process of voting too. All votes become devalued if the process is corrupt and not streamlined. Hence the introduction of the biometric verification.No election can have 100% of registered voters voting.Even democracies that have existed for centuries such as the Americans hardly get 50% of the electorates voting and if you are not verified you do not vote, so that even with a low voting at the end of the day they get the true reflection of the intent of the majority voters.In Africa we corrupt the process and people vote without verification, etc so the outcome is always not the reflection of the majority and the voters always questioning the results. The votes are devalued because if I vote once and another person is able to vote 5 times, my vote has no value now, In the end politicians will not come out and ask for our votes no more because they can seat in their offices and plot how to corrupt the system or process of voting using the flaws in the process. Protecting the process to vote is just as important as protecting the vote. I will rather be turned away from voting because I'm not verified rather than vote knowing that another person that is not eligible to vote can also vote because he can not be verified.
Kwaku 10 years ago

How would you feel assuming you are a Canadian or a Swedish,and you travel to Ghana on election day and you are told the ballot papers and pink sheet don't have unique reference numbers.Big men create loop holes just to steal ...
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How would you feel assuming you are a Canadian or a Swedish,and you travel to Ghana on election day and you are told the ballot papers and pink sheet don't have unique reference numbers.Big men create loop holes just to steal.
David Gyane USA 10 years ago

Atta, I like the constructive intelligence of people like you, who take the bull by the horn when commenting. The process is what matters most and not the total number of votes, because, at the end of every elections it is th ...
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Atta, I like the constructive intelligence of people like you, who take the bull by the horn when commenting. The process is what matters most and not the total number of votes, because, at the end of every elections it is the total number of VALID VOTES that is counted and not all the votes cast.
ABAM 10 years ago

MOST OF OUR MPS CAN HARDLY EXPLAIN SIMPLE POLITICAL TERMS LIKE "POLICY, CONSTITUTION, BILL, AND DEMOCRACY." HOW CAN SUCH A PARLIARMENT ENACT GOOD LAWS. WHAT THEY ONLY KNOW IS " I AM FOR NDC, AND i AM FOR NPP" WHAT A PROBLEM ...
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MOST OF OUR MPS CAN HARDLY EXPLAIN SIMPLE POLITICAL TERMS LIKE "POLICY, CONSTITUTION, BILL, AND DEMOCRACY." HOW CAN SUCH A PARLIARMENT ENACT GOOD LAWS. WHAT THEY ONLY KNOW IS " I AM FOR NDC, AND i AM FOR NPP" WHAT A PROBLEM GHANA FACES. CAN FREE EDUCATION HELP?
issaka adams 10 years ago

it was strange that after the elections of 2012, about 2000 electoral officers failed to sign the declared results. this could not be a coincidence. there might be some reasons why they did not sign. did they not get paid for ...
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it was strange that after the elections of 2012, about 2000 electoral officers failed to sign the declared results. this could not be a coincidence. there might be some reasons why they did not sign. did they not get paid for the job that day? I personally smell a mighty elephant in this conspiracy other wise the elephants would not have gone to the supreme court with the sort of confidence they exhibited through out the trial. I dearly need an answer to this question. if the electoral officers did not get paid for the job, they would have raised some protest by now. I strongly believe that something fishy went on between them and the elephant people. I am happy that some reforms will be carried out to strengthen our electoral process. I strongly suggest that it becomes mandatory in future that all electoral officers should sign their column else will be made to face some sanctions. there should be a box on the declared result form for any electoral officer who did not sign to indicate why he did not sign. I also wish that those 2000 electoral officers who did not sign on the declared result sheets last year are made to explain why they did not sign. they should be ashamed of themselves for failing to perform their patriotic responsibility. if they did allow themselves to be bribed to do what they did, God will punish all of them one day. shameless Ghanaians!
DKB 10 years ago

Issaka are you saying all the 2000 electoral officers who did not sign were representing the elephant party? I've always said, in Ghana, people prefer confusion and weak systems so they can manipulate the system to their adva ...
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Issaka are you saying all the 2000 electoral officers who did not sign were representing the elephant party? I've always said, in Ghana, people prefer confusion and weak systems so they can manipulate the system to their advantage. Teachers have been used in previous elections and though the results have been somehow contested, we have not had the type of comedy errors we had in this election. Most of these electoral officers like you said are not patriotic, that explains why so many of them were swayed by 50 cedis stuffed in match boxes distributed by the umbrella party. There has also been reports that some electoral officers were not fed by their party (mighty elephant) and were at the mercy of the opposing party's well fed officers. A hungry man is an angry man.
No wonder you have politicians shouting at the top of their voices that an election is won at the polling station. If the wrong person comes into power through foul means, the whole country suffers.
Oye Onye Kwasi Atta 10 years ago

Everyone remembers how that Gabby Hijacked NPP and detacted all the pace before the election, including this patricular one. Among others are the "small contempt" young parrots. Ei sorry No "Toung Patriots"

Everyone remembers how that Gabby Hijacked NPP and detacted all the pace before the election, including this patricular one. Among others are the "small contempt" young parrots. Ei sorry No "Toung Patriots"
C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

This is what some of us have been saying for a long time. Those provisions infringe the Constitution and the respondents should have argued thus in court and allowed the SC Justices to declare them as unconst'nal. Had they do ...
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This is what some of us have been saying for a long time. Those provisions infringe the Constitution and the respondents should have argued thus in court and allowed the SC Justices to declare them as unconst'nal. Had they done so, all the Justices would be faced with no option than to rule against that relief being sought.

Now that the case is over, we are being told that there is indeed a problem with that regulation and its interpretation. We sane people knew that long time already.

Also, to be reviewed is suing the winner as 1st respondent.

Andy-K
Nana Obuor 10 years ago

The situation where the one who loses elections can insist on sharing power is outrageous and must not be countenanced. We need a vibrant opposition of losers to keep government on its toes. That is the way to ensure accounta ...
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The situation where the one who loses elections can insist on sharing power is outrageous and must not be countenanced. We need a vibrant opposition of losers to keep government on its toes. That is the way to ensure accountable governance.
BOY KOFI 10 years ago

First things first,Ghanaians need National ID Cards and proper residential addresses so that the State can reach every individual at any time.This issue of Biometric does not arise in the Advanced countries because they have ...
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First things first,Ghanaians need National ID Cards and proper residential addresses so that the State can reach every individual at any time.This issue of Biometric does not arise in the Advanced countries because they have decentralised system takes good care of that.You don't even have to go and get registered anywhere for élections,you get registered automatically by your local administrators.Let's use our scarce resources for important things.The National Identity Cards could solve some of these problems.Thank you.
Bomfaboy. 10 years ago

This person is being described as an expect?? Outrageous, is an understatement. Really, does he understand what he is saying? Has he forgotten the history of elections in the country? How can he argue against the BVD?? Why ar ...
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This person is being described as an expect?? Outrageous, is an understatement. Really, does he understand what he is saying? Has he forgotten the history of elections in the country? How can he argue against the BVD?? Why are we requiring Biometric Passports now in every country? Is it not the same process? There are many countries in Africa, India, and South America that uses verification devises, without complaint. The EC may have bought an older system or they intentionally played dumb in the use of the machines. People, have you all forgotten that the machines which did not work on the 7th worked perfectly fine on the 8th without any adjustment or work done on them? Whatever happened to the machines on election day was a ploy by the EC officials to cheat. In Ghana there are many people with the same name, and same birth dates. How do you propose to distinguish them? How do you propose to deal with multiple registrations? How do you propose to deal with impersonation? Finger Printing verification, has become standard procedure the world over and there are many BVD's that work. We should seek to make the devices work more efficiently. When the EC side stepped the traditional election Presiding officers which are TEACHERS, and with political pressure uses blockhead NDC foot soldiers who could not read, let alone operate the machines, what do you expect. I think there must be a qualification for a person to become a presiding Officer. At least the person must have more than SSS education.
maame 10 years ago

the machines are bad and not the law. the EC should have procured very good machines.

the machines are bad and not the law. the EC should have procured very good machines.
Jonathan 10 years ago

The argument of this so-called expert is very absurd. Per the standard operation of any biometric verification machine worth its salt, the scenarios he cited can only happen when after the biometric registration, the said per ...
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The argument of this so-called expert is very absurd. Per the standard operation of any biometric verification machine worth its salt, the scenarios he cited can only happen when after the biometric registration, the said person gets involved in an incident which leads to serious damage to the target organ (eg decapitation of the hand/damage to the eye) used for biometric registration. In such limited situations, CI75 provides ample solutions as to how to handle such peculiarities, hence I submit that the expert got it very very!!! wrong
MARY 10 years ago

VERIFICATION MACHINES NEED TO BE UPDATED AND IT SHOULD BE THAT IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER YOU SHOULD BE VERIFIED WITH THE BIOMETRIC MACHINE AND TICKED OFF AS VOTED WHEN GIVEN YOUR BALLOT. OTHER EU COUNTRIES HAVE PROMISED TO HELP ...
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VERIFICATION MACHINES NEED TO BE UPDATED AND IT SHOULD BE THAT IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER YOU SHOULD BE VERIFIED WITH THE BIOMETRIC MACHINE AND TICKED OFF AS VOTED WHEN GIVEN YOUR BALLOT. OTHER EU COUNTRIES HAVE PROMISED TO HELP TO ERADICATE THE PROBLEMS FACED IN 2012. YOU MUST HAVE HAD POOR INTERNET SERVICES OR SERVER PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FAR AWAY FROM MASTS OF MOBILE COMPANIES OR WIFI TECHNOLOGICAL COMPANIES AND INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS. IT PREVENTS DOUBLE VOTING. ASHANTI REGION IS FULL OF DOUBLE VOTING AND REGISTRATION, IRREGULARITIES, OMISSIONS, VIOLATIONS AND OVER VOTING ON VERY LARGE SCALES.

No verification no vote law is a bad law; it must be repealed – Expert

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