Despite injunctions against taking photos in the voting booth, Ghana’s A-Plus casts vote, makes a video if it and shares on social media Comedian/musician, A-Plus has voted and wants everyone to know whom he voted for. A-Plus who is a known supporter of the largest opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), has shared a video coverage of … Read more
Police in Tema have arrested five macho men for causing discomfort to voters at the Datus Complex School polling station in Tema. The Tema regional police PRO, ASP Juliana Obeng told Joy News that the men were picked following complaints from voters that their presence made them feel “uncomfortable and intimidated”. She said upon interrogation, … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it has made provisions for polling stations that started the presidential and parliamentary elections later than the scheduled time to increase the number of screens and ballot issuers to speed up the process. Addressing the press on the latest update in the ongoing voting exercise, the Director of Electoral Services, … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has advised voters to speak to Presiding Officers at polling stations which have been split before joining queues to votes. This, the EC says, will help resolve the confusion over which queues voters should join in order to find their names to cast their votes. The EC gave the directive following … Read more
Hundreds of voters have been left stranded in the Jaman North constituency following a delay in the deployment of voting materials to the polling stations. Voting was supposed to commence at 7am across the country but as of 11am, no voting material had been brought to any of the polling stations. This was because executives … Read more
Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings has cast his vote in the ongoing Presidential and Parliamentary polls. The former president voted at the PWD Polling Station in the Klottey Korle Constituency. Voting is ongoing in the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary elections, after which a president and 275 Parliamentarians will be elected to govern the country for the … 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
Voting has commnenced in the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary elections, during which a president and 275 Parliamentarians will be elected to govern the country for the next four years. Voting which started at 7:00am will end at 5:00pm. Over 15 million voters are expected to cast their ballot in the exercise which is taking place … Read more
theRapid Intervention Force and standby teams will be available at specific locations The Formed Police Unit of the Ghana Police Service has warned warmongers who may dare disrupt the ongoing voting process that they “will live to regret.” Speaking to Class91.3FM’s Executive Breakfast Show host Prince Minkah on Wednesday, 7 December, Chief Superintendent Naa Hamza, … Read more
Vice Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Mahamadu Bawumia will cast his vote at the Kperiga Presby Junior High School (JHS) polling station ‘A’ later today. He and his wife Samira Bawumia are among 496 voters at the polling station which is closer to his family house. The polling station was divided … Read more
Polls have opened across Ghana as over 15 million eligible voters are expected to elect a president and 275 members of parliament to administer the West African nation that has been hailed for its democratic credentials. The electorate have between 7:00am and 5:00pm to choose by a ballot, one of the seven presidential candidates who … Read more
Millions of Ghanaians all over the country will head to the polls this morning, December 7, 2016 to take part in the country’s seventh elections of the fourth republic. But a number of them decided to get a head start by queuing as early as 11 hours to the opening of polls at 7 am today … Read more
The chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, has stated that materials to be used for the conduct of Wednesday’s presidential and parliamentary elections have been dispatched to all stations. “…Barring any unforeseen circumstances we expect elections materials to arrive early at all polling stations and we expect the polls to open at exactly 7am … Read more
Ghana’s Electoral Commission says the general voter turnout for the early voting exercise in the 2016 elections met its expectations despite facing challenges. Challenges in the December 1 exercise where several members of the security agencies were turned away after showing up to cast their ballots due to the non-inclusion of their details on the … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) is not aware of any pre-thumb-printed ballot papers for the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections, Charlotte Osei, Chair of the EC, has said. Her comment follows news that broke Monday December 5 that the opposition New Patriotic Party’s chairman in the Ashanti Region, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, had led police officers and … 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
We have followed the discovered ballot paper issue in Kumasi since news about the blemish made the headlines on both social and traditional media yesterday. A number of retired top police officers have punched holes in the manner in which the subject was handled. No sooner had the story broken out than COP Kofi Boakye … Read more
As Ghanaians head to the polls tomorrow, concerns are being raised over the impact the general elections will have on business activities across the country. It is expected that the country’s productivity level will also reduce drastically due to the election tomorrow. Some sectors are expected to feel the impact more than others. In a … Read more
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
Many Ghanaians are waiting in earnest to go to the polls to make a choice for a leader to govern the country for the next four years and vote for a new parliament. While at the polling station to participate in this exercise, here are some key steps you need to keep in mind and … Read more