Giving Ghanaians abroad the privilege to vote in their own backyard THE GOVERNMENT HAS laid a bill before Parliament to enable Ghanaians living abroad to register to vote at future elections. Unfortunately, public comment and debate on the matter is being led by emotion and ill-informed opinion rather than the legality of the bill before the House and the practicality of implementing the law if and when it is passed. In 1995, I raised the issue of the voting rights of Ghanaians living abroad in a series of published articles that were intended to set out the core issues for informed debate and discussion which would lead to consensus action on the matter. Ten years on, and with a bill actually before Parliament, I thought it may be helpful to add to the current discussion on the matter by rehashing what I consider to be the main issues and the key options for giving practical meaning to empowering our kith and kin in the Diaspora
