Electoral Commission Introduces New Digital Queue Management System
The EC (Electoral Commission) will introduce a new digital technology today Wednesday, July 29, to improve consistency with social distancing rules. An announcement sent to the Ghana News Agency said the new advanced framework would empower imminent candidates to book a space in a need line from the solace of their homes.
It said the new innovation would be accessible for use at some enrollment places in Ayawaso West, Tema Metro, La Dadekotopon, and Ga North in the Greater Accra Region.
The announcement clarified that a candidate will have to book a queue slot before visiting a local registration centre, the individual would need to initially dial *769# and afterwards option three, which is event management.
“After that an applicant has to choose the option to “check in to event or venue”, enter your registration centre code and wait for a text message with details of a slot in the priority queue at your local registration centre,” it said.
This technology could potentially be used for the upcoming exhibition of the Voters Register and for future elections to limit the number of people that visit the registration centres at any given time.
“While applicants have the option to use the current manual chit system, the EC encourages applicants to go digital. The Commission is optimistic that this new approach will help decongest the registration centres for the safety of both officials and applicants,” it said.
“Applicants can also search for the registration centre codes on the same PanaBIOS platform. Plans are far advanced to make it possible for registration centre codes to be obtainable from the national COVID-19 hotline, 311, the EC’s website and through media publication,” the statement said.
Applicants with smartphone access can visit PanaBIOS.org to sign up for an account and follow the prompts for event registration to book a priority spot just in the same way that the USSD option works. PanaBIOS platform (www.panabios.org) is a pan-African “safe reopening of countries” technology application, developed as part of the African Union’s Open Corridor Initiative.
