Ghana’s Electoral Commission has denied speculations that some ballots were found at the office of a political party in the country. According to the EC the report is false and should be...
Ghana’s Electoral Commission has denied speculations that some ballots were found at the office of a political party in the country. According to the EC the report is false and should be...
Some regions in the country have started receiving ballot papers for the parliamentary contest in the December 7 elections. Ultimatefmonline.com can exclusively report that the Upper East, Upper West...
The chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Madam Charlotte Osei has told Editors forum in Accra yesterday that her outfit had no option but to charge media practitioners who are applying for...
A Ghanaian professor based in the United States has launched a campaign to reduce the number of rejected ballots in Ghana's election beginning with the 2016 edition. Dubbed the "rejected ballot...
The Executive Secretary of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Dr. Emmanuel Akwetey has emphasized the need for key stakeholders to deal with what he calls core challenges with...
About 65,000 voters are expected to cast their ballot in this year’s special voting on December 1, 2016. This will be six days before the general elections which comes off on December 7. The...
Ghana’s Electoral Commission says voters in the 2016 elections can verify their eligibility both manually and biometrically to prevent the high numbers of people disenfranchised on voting day. The...
EC detects errors in special voting list The Central Regional Director of the EC, Mrs Philomena Adusei, explained that the list of voters given to the EC in the region for instance had some names of...
The Electoral commission (EC) has tasked Presiding Officers (PO) to take custody of the Biometric Verification Device (BVD), ballot boxes, ballot papers and all other materials required for the...
Democracy according to the former US President Abraham Lincoln, "the government of the people by the people and for the people". Historically, Americans take pride in their democratic traditions, and...
The Table below provides the percentage of rejected ballots from 1992 to 2012. It also indicates the target rejection rate for 2016. 1992 3.6% 1996 1.5% 2000 (R1) (R2) 1.8%; 1.58% 2004 2.2% 2008 (R1)...
The Electoral Commission (EC) in the Central Region says it has detected errors in the list of people who are to take part in the Special Voting in this year’s general elections in the region,...
Only 871 journalists across the country will be allowed to partake in the Special Voting by the Electoral Commission (EC) scheduled to take place on Thursday, December 1. The Electoral Commission...
The Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson has restated the Commission's readiness for the December polls allaying the fears of Ghanaians about the possibility of the elections being postponed....
Only 871 journalists across the country will be allowed to partake in the Special Voting by the Electoral Commission (EC) scheduled to take place on Thursday, December 1. The Electoral Commission...
The Electoral Commission of Ghana is giving conflicting figures about the number of people who will be voting by proxy in this year’s general elections, General Secretary of the Progressive...
The Electoral Commission (EC) says the credibility of the general elections would be guaranteed if the media hold accountable persons who make disparaging claims against the polls. EC boss, Charlotte...
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is taking steps to minimize the incidence of rejected ballots in next month's elections. Head of Communications at the Commission, Mr. Eric Kofi Dzakpasu says...
What is the EC doing to our multi-party democracy? Prominent British economist, journalist and political scientist, Walter Bagehot, has stated that “Party organisation is a vital principle of a...
