CODEO blames low turnout for voter registration on poor publicity

Domestic elections observers say low turnout on Thursday for the limited voter registration exercise was because the Electoral Commission (EC) failed to adequately create awareness for the event.

National Coordinator of the Coalition for Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), Kofi Arhin, says although the first day of many voter registration exercise in the country have been characterized by low turnout, yesterday’s situation could well be the result of a lack of education campaign.

“Publicity has been very low in this particular exercise. They [EC] have not come out [to do publicity]. In the first place they were late in coming out to do publicity. And then when they started, it was just on the radio and little bit on the television,” said Mr Arhin.

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