After 24 hours of his social media black out, President John Mahama breaks silence with an advice to Ghanaians; as they wait anxiously and impatiently, to hear the results from the Electoral Commission. The President has called on Ghanaians to exercise more patience as the EC carries out its constitutional in releasing and announcing certified results … Read more
Four mobile telephony companies have been contracted by the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana to electronically transmit (e-transmit) the results of the 2016 general elections to the national collation centre in Accra. The four are Vodafone, MTN Ghana, TiGo and Airtel. The country has been divided into four zones, with of the telephony company assigned … Read more
The Electoral Commission has just awarded contracts for the electronic transmission of collated results to four local mobile telephony companies. The four are Vodafone, MTN, TiGo and Airtel, with the country divided into four zones to support multi-lots. Their task is to set up a Virtual Private Network (VPN) infrastructure to link the 275 constituency … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has clarified that there will be no electronic transmission of election results for the December 2016 polls. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) had raised issues about electronic transmission and concluded that the commission was not being transparent with the whole system despite the major role that political parties play in the … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has expressed grave concern about the Electoral Commission (EC)’s handling of processes for the electronic transmission of the December 7 election results. Acting National Chairman of the NPP, Freddie Blay says the Commission has not been transparent with the arrangements despite the major role political parties play in the election … Read more
The proposed electronic transmission of the 2016 election results from all the 275 constituencies by the Electoral Commission has been cancelled, 3News can authoritatively report. The Commission took the decision after the companies that bided for the e-transmission contract failed to meet the required criteria, sources within the Commission told 3FM’s Kwakye Afreh-Nuamah Thursday. “We … Read more
Former Presidential candidate of the United Ghana Movement (UGM), Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby, has described as a waste of resources the new procedures by which the Electoral Commission wants to transmit election results electronically (e-transmission), from the various polling centres in the country. He said the transmission should be done from the collation centres instead as … Read more
Pressure Group Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) says it will resist any attempt by the Electoral Commission (EC) to allow a foreign company to electronically transmit election results. The EC has commenced processes for the proposed implementation of the e-transmission ahead the general election. Two foreign companies, Scytl and Smartmatic, are the third parties … Read more
The Director of Elections for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Martin Adjei Mensah-Korsah, believes the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to outsource the electronic transmission of results to a third party is needless and a waste of resources. Mr. Korsah argued that the proposed Electronic Results Transmission System (ERTS) for the 275 constituencies, is practically … Read more
Persol Systems, the only fully owned-Ghanaian IT firm among five shortlisted companies hoping to electronically transmit election results in the December 7 polls, has been dropped at the last hour by the Electoral Commission (EC). The country’s election management body on Wednesday commenced at its headquarters, the process for the proposed Electronic Results Transmission System … Read more
Presidential Staffer, Kojo Adu Asare has said the largest opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s confusion over the controversial issue of the Electoral Commission (EC) against adopting the e-transmission of electoral results is self inflicted. According to him, the party’s suspended General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong who’s well grounded in electoral matters and has led the NPP’s … Read more
The NDC has rebuffed claims by the main opposition party, NPP at its news conference on the controversy about the electronic transmission of votes in the December polls. Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Koku Anyidoho says the NPP is being haunted by guilty conscience after the Electoral Commission and other political parties exposed the … Read more
Ghana’s electoral body has accused opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) of misconstruing its decision to let the electronic transmission of the December 7 election results to a private company. Head of Communications at the Electoral Commission (EC), Eric Dzakpasu, says the Commission will invite political parties for deliberation before a decision would be taken on … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of not being transparent enough about the proposed Electronic Results Transmission System (ERTS) for December’s elections. The party’s campaign manager for the 2016 elections, Peter Mac Manu, made this comment in response to statements by representatives of the EC and the National Democratic Congress … Read more
The Electoral Commission has clarified that the proposed electronic transmission of election results in 2016 will only be done from the constituency collation centres and not from polling stations. According to the Commission, it will not be practically possible considering infrastructure challenges and the cost involved, to transmit election results electronically from all 29,000 polling … Read more
The New Patriotic Party says the Electoral Commission’s decision to electronically transmit election results from all the polling stations across the country is a departure from what is contained the Electoral Reforms. According to the party, although stakeholders agreed for electronic system to be introduced into the transmission of results, that was purely for constituency … Read more
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has revealed that the NPP, under the leadership of the late Jake Obitsebi Lamptey proposed the electronic transmission of results to the EC after the 2012 election petition case. According to the party, the NPP’s claims that the Electoral Commission (EC) single-handedly decided to contract some IT firms to transmit … Read more