The Electoral Commission (EC) has disclosed that some of its officers wrongfully deactivated the barcode of some voters making it impossible for such persons to vote. According to the Commission, it gave instructions to its officials to deactivate the barcodes of only persons who took part in the special voting exercise. There have been reports … Read more
Some security personnel, Officials of the Electoral Commission (EC), the media and representatives of the political parties who could not cast their ballots on December 1 and 4, have now had an opportunity to vote. Most of them had their names missing from the register of special voters but when they turned up at their … Read more
The Chair of the Electoral Commission says her outfit is fully ready to supervise a trouble free credible election on Wednesday to elect a new president or retain the old one. Mrs Charlotte Osei says all electoral materials have been dispatched to some 29,000 polling stations across the country for an election that will involve … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) as part of efforts to ensure that voters are not disenfranchise has asked potential voters to text their ID numbers to the short code #6363 for information on where they can vote. The EC in clarifying what could have accounted for some people not being able to vote, the EC said … Read more
The challenges bedeviling the special voting exercise which has been dubbed Special Voting Wahala has left a good number of the electorate disappointed, if not frustrated. Ace broadcaster, Kwami Sefa-Kayi, host of Peace Fm Kokrokoo morning show is not left out in the so-called Special Voting Wahala. Sefa-Kayi on getting to his designated polling station in the Tema … 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
The total turnout for the two phases of the special voting exercise was 101,014, according to provisional figures from the Electoral Commission (EC). This figure represents 79.29 percent of the 127,396 registered special voters. The figure for the number of registered special voters’ has however risen from 126,875 to the 127,396 per a statement from … Read more
Polls have closed nationwide on the second day of the Special Voting exercise with an assurance from the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) that those who were unable to vote will have a third opportunity on Wednesday, December 7. The exercise on Sunday took a similar turn to what happened on the first day, Thursday, December … Read more
Ghana’s Electoral Commission has absolved itself of any blame in the issue of missing names of some security personnel and others that characterised the nationwide Special Voting exercise in this year’s general elections. Hundreds of special voters engaged for electoral duties on December 7 could not cast their vote in the first round of special … Read more
A police man who was angry over his inability to cast his ballot in the second round early voting violently disrupted the process at the Tamale Central Constituency in the Northern Region. The officer, whose name is yet to be disclosed is reported to have thrown away plastic chairs meant to be used by the … Read more
Ghana’s Electoral Commission has absolved itself of any blame in the issue of missing names of some security personnel and others that characterised the nationwide Special Voting exercise in this year’s general elections. Hundreds of special voters engaged for electoral duties on December 7 could not cast their vote in the first round of special … Read more
The Police Administration is putting in place measures to ensure their personnel who have been unable to vote in the first and second phase of the special voting exercise are able to vote on December 7, the day of the general elections. This is according to the Electoral Commission (EC) which was been calling for … Read more
All security personnel whose names were missing from the special voters’ register list and were unable to cast their vote can exercise their franchise on Wednesday, December 7 during the general elections. Hundreds of special voters engaged for electoral duties on December 7 could not cast their vote in the first round of special voting … Read more
Some persons who are supposed to take part in the phase two of the special voting exercise organised on Sunday, 4 December have once again been prevented from voting because their names were not on the list. Some security officers, media personnel and Electoral Commission officials were unable to vote on 1 December because their … Read more
The campaign manager of the New Patriotic Party Peter Mac Manu has expressed disappointment in the Electoral Commission for what he believes is its consistent inability to obey its own laws. He said on Multi TV/Joy FM’s Newsfile Saturday, the latest evidence of the EC’s lawlessness is the postponement of a special voting exercise after … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) cannot be blamed for the challenges being faced by voters in finding their names on the special voting list, the deputy communications director of the commission, Yusif Ayuba has stated. Over a hundred thousand electorate are participating in today’s early voting exercise in some 275 polling stations across the country ahead … Read more
The Special Voting Exercise which was afflicted with missing names and other irregularities today is set to continue on Sunday December 4, to allow disenfranchised special voters to vote, StarrFMonline.com has learnt. The continuation was decided after the Electoral Commission met representatives of the political parties in an emergency meeting Thursday. Today’s exercise registered several … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is unhappy with the Electoral Commission’s handling of the special voting exercise Thursday. Speaking on Eyewitness News, the NPP’s Campaign Manager, Peter Mac Manu said, “all I can say for now is that we are not satisfied with what happened at the special voting exercise.” Mr. Mac Manu was speaking before … Read more
The National Democratic Congress will formally petition the Electoral Commission today over what it says is the potential risk of disenfranchising thousands of voters for the 2016 elections. The Director of Elections Samuel Ofosu Ampofo told Joy News the party is not happy about the drama of missing names on the special voters list. Several … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has directed security personnel and other persons who could not find their names on the special voters list to visit the District offices of the EC for the discrepancies to be corrected. Some security personnel have complained of missing names, among others in the special voters’ register. But Head of Communication … Read more