In exactly four weeks from now, registered Ghanaians of voting age will get the opportunity to partake in choosing our national leaders for the next four years. The international community keeps lauding Ghana for her democratic credentials having gone through the four year cycle six times previously. As a son of the land, my head … Read more
When Bill McAnulty, an elections board chairman in a mostly white North Carolina county, agreed in July to open a Sunday voting site where black church members could cast ballots after services, the reaction was swift: he was labeled a traitor by his fellow Republicans. “I became a villain, quite frankly,” recalled McAnulty at a … Read more
The campaign for the 2016 Election has reached its peak with about a month to go. There is no doubt that the two major political parties who are in the hot race are doing everything within their powers to win the elections. Notwithstanding the gifts and monies being doled out to the electorate for their … Read more
The Electoral Commission has assured Ghanaians of transparent and credible elections in December. Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, is convinced reforms and mechanisms introduced in the electoral system, with support from stakeholders, will give citizens a well-conducted poll. She told the Ashanti Regional House of Chiefs results of the results of the elections will be accepted by … Read more
I still stand firmly by my conviction that the PROXY VOTING is a recipe for rigging Election 2016 in favour of the NDC. It is one of the Plans Bs and Cs by Mrs Charlotte Osei who has completely lost her credibility as far as I am concerned. The exercise of proxy voting in the … Read more
The Peoples National Convention (PNC) has backed the lawsuit filed by a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Kwame Amoako Tuffuor and two others seeking a Supreme Court order to compel the Electoral Commission to announce results of special voting on the same day of the exercise. The trio, which include Benjamin Arthur … Read more
A private legal practitioner, Nana Asante Bediatuo has described the decision by Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Madam Charlotte Osei not to vote as nonsense. According to him,the EC boss should serve as an example to the electorate as her decision to abstain from voting in the December 7 General elections could breed apathy among … Read more
Persons with disabilities will not be made to join long queues at the various polling stations across the country during this year’s December 7 general elections, the Electoral Commission has revealed. The Commission says a special desk will be set up for persons with disabilities at the various polling stations for them to cast their … Read more
The Electoral Commission has said that the mere possession of a voter ID card does not guarantee that one is on the voter’s register. “The fact that one possesses an ID card does not automatically make him or her a qualified voter or guarantee that his or he name is on the EC’s register”, Deputy … Read more
Police Superintendent Isaac Amekudzi of Agona Odobeng in the Asikuma Odobeng Brakwa District of the Central Region has revealed that persons who will refuse to vote in the forthcoming general elections may be arrested. According to him, it is a constitutional provision enshrined in the country’s law books and that persons who have their names … Read more
The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers” …Martin Luther King Jr. Yet another great year is here with us … Read more
‘Skirt and Blouse’ – Why win the battle and lose the war? This will not be the first. We have won a few important battles in the past but we lost the wars same day. It’s almost an accepted pattern in these parts–that the winner of a democratic election must fight another battle to affirm … Read more
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has encouraged first time voters to actively participate in the December 7 General Election. They must not sell their votes and or be influenced by the material things handed to them by candidates in exercising their franchise but they should make a choice that would further Ghana. Speaking … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has asked the Electoral Commission (EC) to count and make known the ballots emanating from the special voting which will precede the December 7 elections to help avoid “confusion and rigging.” According to the party, keeping mute on the results of the special voting which will take place one week … Read more
Proxy vote is permissible by the electoral regulations of many a civilized country to allow as many as possible number of their citizens to exercise their suffrage. This is especially in cases where a citizen for a genuine reason, of say, having been transferred from where he or she registered initially, but is unable to … Read more
The proxy vote is a potential weapon and could be used to the advantage of NDC Charlotte Osei, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana By Rockson Adofo Proxy vote is permissible by the electoral regulations of many civilized countries to allow as many as possible number of their citizens to exercise their suffrage. This … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it would provide tactile ballot jackets at all designated polling stations to help persons with visual impairment to vote independently. This would ensure secrecy of their ballot and guarantee their preferred choice of candidates during the polls. Mrs. Abigail Nutakor, the Head of Gender and Disability of the Commission, revealed … Read more
The Convention People’s Party(CPP) Youth League, has asked Ghanaians to “check for the incorruptibility of Presidential candidates” who scramble for power in this year’s elections before giving them their mandate come December 7, 2016. A statement released by the Fighters and signed by the National Youth Organizer, CPP Youth League, Ernesto Yeboah to commemorate the … Read more
On 7th December 2016, the eligible Ghanaian electorates will go to the polls to choose the politicians they so wish to steer the country to the right direction. Although it has been documented that a conflation of effective campaign messages and a venerable candidate often win election (Baek 2009), a political party would be committing … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has said it is hoping to reduce spoilt ballots during the upcoming December 7 elections to below one per cent by simplifying the voting process. The high number of rejected ballots recorded during national elections has been a major concern to stakeholders over the years and have been attributed to the … Read more