An Electoral Commission should ideally, exist only to facilitate the free expression, by the populace, of its political preferences in an election. Facilitating the free expression of a people’s political will is not like invigilating an examination. Examinations are important, yes. But an election is far more crucial, in that it produces a government which … Read more
Elections in Ghana are organized by the electoral Commission of Ghana every four years. The 2016 election preparations have led to lots of jaw-jawing in any steps the commission tries putting up. Various political party members, ‘politicians’, social commentators, university lecturers, lawyers, political analysts, civil society organizations, students and the general public use the mass … Read more
The Electoral Commission has said it will release the list of presidential candidates who have qualified to contest in this year’s general elections next week. This comes after the commission on Friday [September 30], closed the window for the submission of completed nomination forms from persons interested in contesting in this year’s presidential election. A … Read more
The All People’s Party (APC) finds nothing wrong with the Electoral Commission charging GHc50,000 as filing fees for presidential candidates, it’s General Secretary, Razak Opoku has noted. The commission has been heavily criticized by some political parties for charging what these parties describe as exorbitant filing fees from presidential and parliamentary aspirants. The NPP has … Read more
Canada would offer USD 1.4 million as part of a joint initiative by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to strengthen Ghana’s 2016 Electoral Process. The Ghana Electoral Process Strengthening Initiative would work with the Electoral Commission (EC) to strengthen electoral administration mechanisms to improve results transmission and dispute resolution. A statement issued by the … Read more
A Deputy Communications Director of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Anthony Abayifa Karbo has slammed what he describes as the excessively high filing fees being charged Presidential and Parliamentary candidates by the Electoral Commission (EC) for the 2016 elections. According to him, the EC’s actions are unjustified especially when it has already secured funding … Read more
The Chairman of the Convention Peoples Party (PNC), Bernard Mornah has called for an urgent review of the excessively high filing fees being charged Presidential and Parliamentary candidates by the Electoral Commission (EC) for the 2016 elections to allow for more participation in the process. He believes the EC merchandising the process in such an … Read more
Veteran Journalist, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, believes the excessively high filing fees being charged Presidential and Parliamentary candidates by the Electoral Commission (EC) for the 2016 elections if maintained will sow seeds for corrupt activities by which ever party wins power. He believes the politicians having spent such huge amount will definitely find an illegitimate way … Read more