Dr. Celebrity Quayco, Director of Electoral Services, EC
The Electoral Commission’s (EC) Director of Electoral Services Dr. Celebrity Quaycoe elaborated on why the current internet outage will not have any impact on the upcoming general elections.
He said while computers play a variety of roles in the election process, some important tasks, such as verifying ballots and voting, are done by hand.
He further said that the collation of results will be done using computers not connected to the internet to make the process more efficient.
In an interview with City News monitored by Ghanaweb, Dr. Kuaiko urged the public not to panic over the recent internet disruptions as it will not affect the 2024 elections as some people perceive. called on the people.
“On election day, everything is manual, no internet is used for reading. Voting is basically done without electronic voting. People are given a ballot and they go and put their thumbprint. It’s the internet. It has nothing to do with the Internet, and when results are counted, it has nothing to do with the Internet.
According to citinewsroom.com, Dr. Kuaiko said, “Officers will physically send the results to the collation center and the results will be collated manually on an access sheet with no internet connection.”
He continued: “Once you have finished your precincts, you will send your results to the regional office without using the internet. In this region, you can also do the collation using just your computer without an internet connection. Send the results by fax to the main office.
“Then, the head office will also do the collation and announce the results. Therefore, the voting day has nothing to do with internet connectivity. However, except for the exhibition time and registration time, we… MTN and others “We use their facilities, but it’s not internet-based. What we use is just regular data.”
The assurance comes amid growing concerns due to recent cuts in undersea fiber optic cables. The disconnection has significantly affected mobile network operations since March 14, leading to widespread internet outages across the country.
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has informed the public that four submarine cables from Ghana to Europe via Ivory Coast and Senegal are still unavailable.
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