The head Communications at the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana Mr. Kofi Dzakpasu, has revealed that spoilt ballots can be changed as many times as possible on election day provided the voter indicates that he/she has made an error whilst casting the ballot. He states that no law bars voters from changing ballot papers to … Read more
The Electoral Commission has moved to calm the frustrations of early voters who could not cast their ballot in the special voting exercise, explaining they may get another chance. These voters were unable to vote possibly because their names were not transferred from the general voters register to the special voting list. The Head of … Read more
In spite of the numerous challenges which blighted Thursday’s special voting exercise, the main elections scheduled for December 7 will not encounter such difficulties, the Electoral Commission (EC) has assured Ghanaians. The commission has come under fire for what many believe was a shambolic organisation of the special voting – an exercise held for more … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Klottey Korle was spotted on Thursday, December 1 busily ensuring that nothing escapes his attention as he executed his role as a polling agent. Mr Addison aims to win the seat from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and faces a battle against Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, who is … Read more
Confusion over missing names on the list of special voters at the Nima Police Station in the Ayawaso East constituency of the Greater Accra Region led to a suspension of the special voting exercise on Thursday, 1 December. Reports from the station say most the police officers who had gone to vote could not trace … Read more
Some military and police personnel in the Ashanti Region are complaining that they are being prevented from casting their vote in Thursday’s Special Voting exercise because they cannot trace their names on the list of early voters. The Special or Early Voting is organised by the Electoral Commission for journalists, security personnel and officers of … Read more
Ghana’s Electoral Commission has described as false and unfounded, claims by the New Patriotic Party that the Commission has printed pink sheets without serial numbers embossed on them. The NPP on Tuesday alleged that the company contracted to print election related materials, Aero Vote, began printing pink sheets, which it claimed were not embossed with … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has refuted suggestions by the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana that the party had approved a logo without their initials to be printed on parliamentary ballots. “At no point did NPP supervisors at the printing houses express satisfaction/approval over the removal of Party initials from the Parliamentary Notice of Poll … Read more
The Supreme Court has abridged the date for the hearing of an application filed by Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) challenging a high court decision which overturned its disqualification of flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) Papa Kwesi Ndoum from the December 7 presidential race. The court presided over by justice Pwamang moved the date … Read more
Private legal practitioner, Akoto Ampaw, is urging the Electoral Commission (EC) to withdraw its Supreme Court suit challenging the judgment by an Accra High Court on the disqualification of the flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Papa Kwesi Nduom, from the presidential elections. Speaking on The Ghana Report TV show yesterday, Mr. Ampaw expressed … Read more
Stephen Kwaku Asare, a US-based Ghanaian lawyer has urged the court system to send a strong signal to the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission(EC) Charlotte Osei on her belligerent posture, saying her reckless attitude raises risk of chaos ahead of the elections. His comment comes after the EC’s motion filed at the Supreme Court seeking … Read more
It seems the woes of flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, is far from over following the Electoral Commission’s decision to appeal the High Court ruling that quashed his disqualification from the December 7 presidential polls. A statement signed by the Head of Commissions at the EC, Kofi Dzakpasu, said … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) will on Friday and Saturday, exhibit the voters’ register of the newly registered persons whose names were deleted from the electoral roll for using the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cards as proof of identity. “We wish to announce for the information of the general public that, the Commission will from … Read more
The Electoral Commission says the court case that compelled it to rid the electoral register of persons who registered with a National Health Insurance card gave the Commission enough mileage. According to the Commission, the case resulted in an overwhelming publicity for the EC and the best over the years, particularly on the issue of … Read more