The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced a series of measures aimed at facilitating voting for prison inmates, students, and security personnel.

At Monday’s Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting in Accra, the EC said that from July 3rd to 5th, 2024, these groups will be allowed to transfer their votes into the constituencies where they are currently residing.

This includes prison inmates who are not yet registered voters. They will be registered as part of the Mop-Up limited voter registration exercise from August 1st to 3rd, 2024.

Students wishing to transfer their votes to their campus constituencies will need to provide their student ID cards as proof of their enrollment.

However, it was emphasised that students will not be able to transfer their votes from campus to other constituencies.

Political party agents have been granted permission to observe the transfer process at the EC District offices and the 25 campuses where the just-ended limited voter registration exercise took place.

In addition, proxy applications by security personnel on special duties who will not be available to vote have been scheduled for July 3rd to 5th. Political party agents will also be allowed to observe the proxy process, including the capture of the biometrics of the original voter and his or her proxy.

The EC also announced that the compilation of the Special Voters List will be done from July 6th to 7th, 2024. Security personnel whose names have been submitted to the EC for special duties must appear in their uniforms with their voter ID cards at the EC District offices to be verified as Special voters.

The EC plans to review all proxy applications that did not go through biometric capture and report to the next IPAC meeting.

Finally, the EC has requested IT technical support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to assist ahead of the December 07 presidential and parliamentary elections. This move underscores the EC’s commitment to ensuring a smooth and transparent electoral process.