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The Electoral Commission has condemned acts of violence at some registration centres across the country.

According to the EC, the violence is perpetrated by political party supporters and sympathizers.

One of such incidents occurred on Monday, July 20, 2020 at the Step to Christ voters' registration centre in the Awutu Senya East constituency in the Central Region.

Some unidentifiable gunmen disrupted the process by firing gun shots and attacked officials at the centre.

''The Commission condemns such acts during a civil exercise like the Registration of Voters and calls on security agencies to investigate the issue as a matter of urgency to bring the perpetrators to book. These acts constitute a breach of the Vigilante and Related Offenses Act, 2019 Act 999.  The Act seeks to disband violent activities of Political Parties and makes political vigilantism an offence punishable by a prison term'', the Commission said in a statement copied to Peacefmonline.com.

The Commission urged the public, particularly the party agents, to use the appropriate medium to amicably challenge an applicant whose eligiblity to register his or her name is questionable.

''The Commission reminds the public, particularly Political Party agents, that any person who wishes to challenge an Applicant on the basis of ineligibility must fill a Challenge Form, which will then be presented to the District Registration Review Committee for a ruling on the matter. Political Party agents are therefore cautioned against the use of violence to challenge a person’s eligibility.''

The electoral management body however called on all eligible voters to turn out in their numbers to register and vote in the 2020 general elections.