introduction Among the functions of the Electoral Commission(EC) is the requirement to 'compile the register of voters and revise it at such periods as may be determined by law'. Additionally, the Commission is enjoined to, among other things,'undertake programmes for the expansion of the registration of voters'. These tasks necessitate the periodic and continuous updating of the existing voters register to allow for the democratic exercise of the franchise by the citizenry during crucial national assignments as the election of President and Parliamentarians to steer the affairs of state or during referendums when bills to amend entrenched provisions of the constitutions are put to the populace. One of the vehicles with which such processes are conducted, is the verification of potential voters and the entering of their names and other substantiating information on the voters register. In Ghana, voter registration is voluntary and the legal framework protects the rights of qualified citizens to register and also prevents the unlawful or fraudulent removal of persons from the voters' role, C.I 12. This, therefore, underpins the need to maintain a current, comprehensive and inclusive voters register to ensure the credibility and legitimacy of outcomes of elections which are based on it. The Existing Voter's Register The voters register used for the 2008 General Elections was compiled ahead of the 2004 Elections and updated in 2006 before that year's Local Government Elections. The register contained 12,822,474 registered voters out of a total national population estimated around 23 million. Challenges of the Register Allegations of bloating have been the bane of the Voter's Register; for the 2008 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections the register was not spared this unfortunate perception. In fact, two opposition parties, including the then largest opposition NDC contended the register had been deliberately bloated in thirteen constituencies of the Ashanti Region(a strong-hold of the ruling NPP) thus warranting the setting up of a Committee of Inquiry to investigate into the allegation. The Great Consolidated Popular Party(GCPP), a minority party without representation in parliament corroborated the allegations of the NDC by stating it collected a hard copy of the bloated voters register from the IT Section of the Commission earlier. 24