– To understand Edudzi Tameklo’s choice of relief 2 over relief 1, you need to first understand the core purpose behind the idea of a ‘new register’.
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I know it is impossible to get the purpose from the EC’s conduct and communications – they’ve been erratic all through. So, look to the NPP’s argument in support of the new register.
If you followed the NPP’s argument very thoughtfully, you’d have no doubt in your mind that the purpose of the proposed register is to do away with the existing one completely.
Now that we know the purpose, let’s see why relief 2 – a declaration that the existing voter ID should be part of the identification documents – doesn’t change NDC’s case.
If the Court rules that the existing voter ID should be a part of the identification documents, it’ll mean that all the holders of that card will be eligible to be registered.
This, in substance, means that the product of the proposed register will be equal to (1) the existing register, plus (2) any new additions, whether persons or particulars, minus (3) the expires.
This also means that the product of the proposed exercise will be a REVISION of the existing voter register rather than the CREATION of a new one (which is NDC’s relief 1 anyway).
