Five Macho Men Arrested
Five ‘macho men’ have been arrested in the Tema Central Constituency for allegedly intimidating voters at the Datus polling station. The Public Relations Officer of the Tema Regional Police...
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No Ballot Box Has Been Snatched At South Suntresso – EC, Police
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana says widespread media report of attempted ballot box snatching in South Suntreso in the Nhyiaso constituency is a hoax and wants the public to treat such with...
Visually Impaired Monitor Polls For CODEO
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has deployed well over 8,000 officials for Ghana’s elections. Among the deployed officials is Alexander Bankole Williams, a visually impaired...
Tema Police Arrest 5 Macho Men Over Voter-Intimidation
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...
You Can’t Vote, If Your Name Is Not Captured On Register – EC
Individuals who have their names missing on the voters’ register have themselves to blame for the mishap, the Electoral Commission has said. The commission on Wednesday, December 7, said it was the...
Several Voting Locations Moving Smoothly – CODEO
Voting is progressing steadily at the various polling stations across the country in the ongoing presidential and parliamentary elections, according to the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers...
Missing Names On Register Are Deleted NHIS Registrants -EC
The Electoral Commission has disclosed that persons complaining that their names are not on the voters register are persons whose names were deleted because they used the National Health Insurance...
EC To Increase Screens and Ballot Issuers At Polling Centres Where Poll Started Late
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...
Names of Minors Deleted From Register At Zingu Polling Station
At least some 8 names of minors have been expunged from the voters’ register at the Zingu polling station in the Wa central constituency, media reports have confirmed. The Presiding Officer , Jacob...
Bawumia, Wife Cast Their Votes In Wale Wale
As the election process continues, Bawumia, Wife cast their votes at one of the polling units in Wale Wale… Running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Mahamadu Bawumia and his wife have cast...
One Person Arrested At Odododiodoo For Allegedly Stealing Ballot Sheets
One person has been arrested in the Odododiodoo constituency in connection with the alleged stealing of ballot papers meant for the presidential and parliamentary elections specifically at the Sakumo...
Don’t Join Queues, Speak To EC Officials First – EC Advises Voters
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...
Voting Yet To Start In Jaman North, 5 Hours After Exercise Commenced
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...
Ballot Box Arrives At Cape Coast North Without Seals of Opposition Parties
At the Science quadrangle polling station, University of Cape Coast (UCC), Graphic Online's Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson reports that a ballot box meant to be used for the Presidential and Parliamentary...
Ex-President Rawlings Votes At Klottey Korle
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...
Reject Violence, Vote For Ghana
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has urged Ghanaians to shun violence as they go about voting in the country’s general elections. “As Ghanaians, we all know that our country’s...
Thabo Mbeki, Observer Mission Hit Polling Stations
Several international and regional observer missions have pitched camp in poling stations across the country,to keep a keen eye for a free, transparent and credible polls in Ghana. Head of the...
At Least 100 Presidential Ballot Papers Disappear; Creates Confusion
Confusion has rocked the Dansoman three and four polling stations in the Ablekuma West Constituency in Accra over the mysterious disappearance of fresh presidential ballot papers. Electoral officials...
Voting Starts Hour Late At La Kpanaa
The December 7 polls in the La Dadekotopon constituency started close to an hour-and-half late in some polling stations as materials did not arrive early. Class FM’s Robert Israel reported that...
‘Failed’ Special Voters Successfully Vote Today
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...