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The Electoral Commission has expressed confidence in the success of their ongoing limited registration exercise despite the grievances from political parties about the process.

The limited registration will end in October and is aimed at giving opportunity to persons of legitimate age who couldn't register their names and exercise their voting right.

However, the opposition says the exercise will disenfranchise many Ghanaians, particularly because it is being held at the district offices of the Commission which, to the critics, are too distant to encourage the citizens to participate in the process.

They also argue that the EC's restriction to use Ghana Card for the registration will deprive many people of their voting right.

In an interview on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo" morning show, Dr. Bossman Asare, a Deputy Electoral Commissioner, shared contrasting views as he revealed how successful the process is going.

Although admitting there were few challenges at the onset of the exercise and this was due to some internet interruptions because the registration is primarily predicated on internet connectivity, the problems have been addresse and the exercise is smoothly going on.

Dr. Bossman Asare said data available to the Commission shows 182831 people have currently registered their names, stressing "how we were expecting it is what is happening".

He was hopeful more people will partake in the process.

On the issue of an injunction against the exercise, Dr. Bossman Asare replied that the Commission's legal team is dealing with it and regarding arguments by some Members of Parliament that the process will disenfranchise people, he noted the EC's workplan before commencing the limited registration was laid before Parliament.

"This limited registration exercise was included in our budget to Parliament for approval. They gave us the approval. If you want to know what I am saying is the truth, take a copy of our budget in Parliament and you will find out that we specified this exercise in it. So, Parliament was fully aware of what we wanted to do," he told Kwami Sefa Kayi.