Election day is not the only day on which political participation takes shape. This Accra candidate looks at voter registration before the ballot itself. Without an eligible name on the roll, the journey to casting a vote may stop before it begins. Whether long lines formed at a specific registration office remains to be established from records. The entrance to electoral democracy can stand well before the ballot box.
A line at the polls is visible; compiling the electoral roll is less so. The question of who counts as a voter begins long before anyone reaches a ballot box.