NDC Defends EC’s Astronomical Filing Fees
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it is unable to criticize the Electoral Commission (EC) on the astronomical increase in ...
Tag: Electoral Commission
CPP Blasts EC Over GHC50K Filing Fee
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has described the Electoral Commission (EC) as “insensitive” for setting the filing fee for presidential ...
Filing Fees Not Intended To Frustrate Smaller Parties – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) has rejected suggestions that it has deliberately set the filing fees of both Presidential and Parliamentary ...
EC Abandons E-Transmission of Results In 2016 Elections
The proposed electronic transmission of the 2016 election results from all the 275 constituencies by the Electoral Commission has been ...
EC Cancels Tender Process
The Electoral Commission (EC) has cancelled the tender process to select an IT Firm for the transmission of results electronically ...
Flag Bearers To Pay GHC50,000; Aspiring MPs GHC10,000 Nomination Fee
Persons seeking to become Ghana’s president are to pay a whooping GHC50,000 as nomination fee to be able to contest ...
Early Identification of Flashpoints Good Omen For Ghana – Sowatey
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana’s identification of 81 constituencies out of the 275 as possible violent-prone areas well ahead ...
All Rests On The Ec To Ensure Violence-Free Election
Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, has warned that the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections could be marred ...
Will The EC Chair Cease Her Dubious Plans To Rig Election 2016 For The NDC?
On Tuesday 6 September 2016, I had the perfect opportunity to listen to a staff member (name forgotten but surely ...
Ghana Police Identifies Over 5000 Flashpoints Ahead of 2016 Elections
The Ghana Police Service says it has identified over five thousand potential flash point in the forthcoming elections which must ...
Kennedy Agyapong Raises Alarm On Proxy Votes
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has alleged that the Electoral Commission ...
Charlotte Osei Says Mahama Has Failed Miserably
She is not using the exact same words as the caption of this column, but the thrust and import of ...
EC Identifies 81 Violent-Prone Areas Ahead of Elections
The Electoral Commission (EC) has identified 81 constituencies out of the 275 as possible violent-prone areas before, during and after ...
EC To Simplify Voting Process
The Electoral Commission (EC) has said it is hoping to reduce spoilt ballots during the upcoming December 7 elections to ...
Political Parties Urged To Educate Agents On Proxy Voting
Political parties have been advised to educate their party agents on proxy voting ahead of the December 7 general elections ...
Election Task Force Begin Anti-Violence Campaign
The Election Security Task force has begun an anti-violence campaign ahead of the 2016 presidential and parliamentary election. The campaign ...
Consolidating Our Democracy; The Way Forward
No one can dispute the fact that our country, Ghana is one of the most peace- loving countries in Africa ...
December 7 Polls Could Be Chaotic – Kwesi Jonah
Political scientist and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Dr. Kwesi Jonah, has warned of a ...
Drug Abuse, Unemployment Threaten Ghana’s Elections – EC Boss
The chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei has stated that the proliferation of arms, rising levels of alcoholism ...
Party Leaders Must Take Responsibility For Actions of Supporters – EC Chair
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission says political party leaders must responsibility for the actions of their supporters, especially during ...