The Electoral Commission (EC) has terminated the appointment of the Pusiga District Electoral Officer following the discovery of 38 unauthorised voter transfers.

This decision emerged during the recent exhibition of the provisional voter's register.

The officer allegedly executed transfers without voter consent from two polling stations in the Tamale South constituency and one in the Sagnarigu constituency to the Pusiga constituency in the Upper East Region.

In response to a petition from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) demanding a forensic audit of the voter register, the EC stated: “We acknowledge that our Officer in Pusiga carried out 38 unauthorised transfers. The said transfers have been reversed and the Officer's appointment has been terminated.”

EC spokesperson Bossman Asare emphasised the integrity of the commission’s systems, noting that all transfers are carefully documented, including the date, time, and individuals responsible, making them verifiable within the Voter Management System (VMS).

Addressing concerns raised by the NDC, which has yet to substantiate its claim of “15,000 instances of unidentifiable voter transfer paths,” the commission asserted.

The Commission explained that: “All data, from registration to transfers and amendments, are not deleted from the Voter Management System. All voters registered in the VMS can be accounted for.”

Furthermore, the Commission explained that even if voter data becomes corrupted, there are still records—whether paper or electronic—that confirm registrations.

“This allows the Commission to identify the voters and invite them for inclusion, should it be revealed that they are not in the Provisional Voters Register,” the EC elaborated.

On the NDC's demand for a re-exhibition of the voter register, the EC announced that, due to time constraints, a physical exhibition could not be conducted; however, an online exhibition of the register will be allowed until Election Day.

Firmly rejecting calls for a forensic audit of the Provisional Voter's Register (PVR), the EC reiterated, “As a Commission, we are of the view that the existing legal and administrative processes for cleaning the PVR have not been fully exhausted to justify the call for a forensic audit.”