Special Voting Slated For December 1
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has fixed the special voting exercise for the 1st of December, 2016, ahead of the main election on December 7. This was announced by the Chair of the EC,...
Tag: Charlotte Osei
Doing the Right Thing To Ensure Free, Fair Elections
Doing the right thing to ensure free, fair elections Charlotte Osei, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana Until yesterday’s declaration by the Supreme Court, the CI 94 which governs the...
Nduom’s Win Not Hope For Other Disqualified Candidates – Samson Lardy Anyenini
A private legal practitioner has said a ruling by the court to have the flagbearer of the Progressive People's Party reinstated in the upcoming election does not necessarily present hope to others...
APC Is the Only Serious Party In Ghana – Ayariga
The flagbearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga has said that the APC is the only serious party in the country and therefore should be given the nod in the December polls....
Shed Combative Posture
The chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana, Charlotte Osei, must change her adversarial attitude towards parties because it does not help the country in any way, a senior lecturer at...
Nduom Wins Against EC
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, HELD AT ACCRA, COMMERCIAL DIVISION ON FRIDAY, THE 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2016 BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP, ERIC KYEI BAFFOUR, ESQ., JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT SUIT NO. GT/1401/2016...
Nduom Sails Through In Court Over Disqualification
Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom of the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) has sailed through in court following a ruling by the Accra High Court that the Electoral Commission's refusal to afford him the opportunity...
Allow All Aspirants To Make Corrections
Former Attorney General, Nii Ayikoi Otoo has said the Electoral Commission must be “advised” to invite all the disqualified flag bearers to effect the necessary corrections on their nomination...
Parties To Receive List of Polling Station, Voters’ Register
Eligible political parties participating in this year’s general election would receive the voters’ register and a list of all polling stations by the end of next week, Chairperson of the...
Court Orders EC To Correct Errors On Nduom’s Nomination Forms
An Accra High Court has ordered the Electoral Commission to correct errors on the nomination forms submitted to it by the flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom....
Nduom Wins! He Can Correct Errors – Court Declares
An Accra High Court has ordered the Electoral Commission to give Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, leader of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) the opportunity to rectify errors on his nomination form. Dr....
Medusa Rears Its Ugly Head Again
It may take a long time, but a stammerer will finally be able to pronounce “father”. Nobody is more powerful than the Creator. A warrior often dies of war, a swimmer dies of water but a parrot...
Cost of EC Logo Revived As Anti Corruption Campaigners Call For Full Disclosure
With just 40 days to the presidential and parliamentary elections, the controversy over the cost of the rebranding exercise by the Electoral Commission has been revived. When the Electoral...
‘Blame Yourself’ – NCCE Replies Ayariga
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) says it cannot be blamed in any way for the disqualification of any candidate by the Electoral Commission from the upcoming elections. Disqualified...
Kwame Damoah Agyemang Calls EC Boss ‘arrogant’
A former Administrator at the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana Kwame Damoah Agyemang, has lashed out at the EC chairperson Madam Charlotte Osei describing her as ‘arrogant’ and not a good...
Asantehene Blames EC For ‘mushroom’ Political Parties.
Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu the second, says the Electoral Commission should blame itself in part for proliferation of political parties in the country. He says failure of the commission to fully...
And the Effutu Municipal Assembly Too?
Last week I stated that the interdiction of St Augustine's Headmaster was arbitrary, and in a manner that lacked due process. I have received a few reactions from some of my readers who think that it...
EC To Declare Results of December Elections 72 Hours After Close of Polls
Results of presidential and parliamentary elections would be announced within three days of casting of the ballot, the EC has announced. EC Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, is confident the use of manual...
I Can’t Rig the Polls – EC Boss
The chairperson of the Electoral Commission Charlotte Osei has dismissed claims that the commission can alter the results of the December polls. According to her, the electoral system makes it...
I Will Need Superman’s Powers To Rig Elections – Charlotte Osei
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei, has expressed confidence in the electoral reforms the Commission has put in place and insisted there is no way the election would be...