- Title: GHANA: MODERN MACHINES HELP COMPILE REGISTERED VOTERS LIST FOR FIRST TIME
- Date: 17th January 1969
- Summary: GIRL OPERATING;MEN WORKING MACHINES; MACHINES IN ACTION DEMONSTRATED TO TRAINEES. Initials PK/VS/JF/SS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 1st February 1969 13:00
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- Location: ACCRA, GHANA
- Country: Ghana
- Reuters ID: LVAE34CWUT5EFYTJO46JWBYT1EJF
- Story Text: MODERN MACHINES ARE BEING USED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN GHANA'S POLITICAL HISTORY TO HELP COMPILE A LIST OF THE COUNTRY'S REGISTERED VOTERS READY FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS. THE MACHINES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION, ACCRA, GHANA'S CAPITAL.
THE MACHINES ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE THE MOST UP-TO-DATE AND ACCURATE LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS YET POSSIBLE IN GHANA.
THE PROCESS OF COMPILATION IS DONE IN STAGES, WITH A KEY PUNCH MACHINE BEING USED IN THE FIRST STAGE. NAMES OF REGISTERED VOTERS FROM REGISTRATION BOOKS ON TO SPECIAL CARDS, THE INFORMATION BEING RECORDED IN THE FORM OF HOLES.
A SORTER MACHINE NEXT ARRANGES THE REGISTERED VOTERS' NAMES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER FROM WHERE THEY ARE TRANSFERRED TO A GIANT TABULATOR WHICH RECORDS THE DETAILS IN MORE ELABORATE REGISTERS. THESE ARE DUPLICATED AND COLLATED IN BOOK FORM.
INTRODUCTION OF THE MACHINES HAS MEANT THAT A TEAM OF GHANAIAN OPERATORS HAS HAD TO BE TRAINED TO LOOK AFTER THEM. THIS TRAINING WORK HAS BEEN GOING AHEAD WITH THE GRADUAL INCREASE IN USE OF THE MACHINES IN THEIR IMPORTANT TASK.
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