We’ve No Plan To Deploy Faulty BVDs
The Electoral Commission (EC) has denied allegations by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), that it has deployed faulty Biometric Verification Devices (BVDs), to NPP strongholds ahead of this...
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‘We Don’t Use FAULTY Verification Machines For Elections’- EC Tells NPP
The Electoral Commission of Ghana has denied claims that it intends to deploy faulty Biometric Verification Devices (BVDs) to the strongholds of the New Patriotic Party for the December 7 general...
Vacillating About Social Media
Ever since IGP John Kudalor suggested the possibility of a social media ban on Election Day and justifiably incurred the wrath of civilised Ghanaians, the subject appears to have refused to leave the...
Ghana’s Reputation For Free Elections Not To Be Taken For Granted
Ghana’s enviable reputation for free and fair elections must not be taken for granted, Mr Jon Benjamin, the United Kingdom High Commissioner to Ghana has warned. "The UK is a great supporter of...
EC Sets Out Rules For Closing Polls
The Electoral Commission (EC) says the December Polls would close at all polling stations at 1700 hours on Election Day. According to the EC’s 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary Manual tagged:...
NPP Welcomes EC’s Decision On Pink Sheets
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it welcomes the Electoral Commission's (EC) decision to address the serious issue of no serial numbers identified by the party’s representatives during the...
Direct Election Of A President Is Anarchy
Among the fundamental principles towards stable democracy are the electoral system and the arms of government created to facilitate mass participation of citizenry in managing issues affecting their...
114,813 To Partake In Special Voting, Not 65,000
A little over 114,000 voters are expected to cast their ballot during the special voting on December 1; and not 65,000 as announced earlier. According to the Deputy Director of Communications of the...
Election Time In Ghana, Who Votes For Who and Why?
Election time in Ghana, who votes for who and why? By Nico van Staalduinen Its Election time in Ghana and the question is not only who will win but who votes for whom? Although I am a business man, I...
EC Creates Special Office To Address Complaints
The Electoral Commission has created a special office to address complaints by political parties and independent candidates taking part is in this year’s election. This comes on the back of some...
EC Confirms 114, 000 Ready To Cast Their Votes
A little over 114, 000 voters are expected to cast their ballot under the special voting on December 1, 2016, according to the deputy Communications Director of the Electoral Commission, Yusif Ayuba....
EC Produces Counterfeit Pink Sheets
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) believes there is a deliberate ploy by the Electoral Commission (EC) chaired by Charlotte Osei to manipulate the outcome of the December 7 general election, as the...
Why Do Voters Sell Their Votes?
What would a peacock have to show if it loses her striking feathers. She would be like an automobile without fuel. Or like a bike running on a deflated tyre. Its value becomes insignificant the...
EC Refutes Claims of Producing Illegal Pink Sheets
The Electoral Commission has rejected claims by the opposition New Patriotic Party that it is printing pink sheets without serials numbers. The opposition party in a statement Tuesday accused the EC...
Special Voting: 114, 000 To Vote
A little over 114, 000 voters are expected to cast their ballot under the special voting on December 1, 2016, according to the deputy Communications Director of the Electoral Commission, Yusif Ayuba....
EC Denies Printing ‘fake’ Pink Sheets
The Electoral Commission has debunked allegations levelled against it by the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) that it is printing pink sheets without serial numbers for this year’s polls....
We’re Not Printing ‘illegal’ Pink Sheets
The Electoral Commission has rejected claims by the opposition New Patriotic Party that it is printing pink sheets without serials numbers. The opposition party in a statement Tuesday accused the EC...
EC Rubbishes NPP’s ‘unfounded’ Pink Sheets Claims
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...
Over 26,000 Election Officials To Be Deployed For Voting Day
Over twenty-six thousand election officers would be deployed to play various roles to ensure the smooth conduct of next month’s general election in the Ashanti Region. Mr. Lawrence Sarpong, the...
NPP Raises Concern Over ‘bloated’ Special Voting List
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has raised fresh concerns regarding the special voting list provided by the Electoral Commission. It would be recalled that the NPP threatened to picket at...