Testing Ghana’s Brand of Democracy
In exactly four weeks from now, registered Ghanaians of voting age will get the opportunity to partake in choosing our national leaders for the next four years. The international community keeps...
Tag: Electronic voting
How Republicans Lobbied To Limit Voting Hours In North Carolina
When Bill McAnulty, an elections board chairman in a mostly white North Carolina county, agreed in July to open a Sunday voting site where black church members could cast ballots after services, the...
NPP Protecting The Ballot
The campaign for the 2016 Election has reached its peak with about a month to go. There is no doubt that the two major political parties who are in the hot race are doing everything within their...
2016 Elections Will Be Credible , Transparent
The Electoral Commission has assured Ghanaians of transparent and credible elections in December. Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, is convinced reforms and mechanisms introduced in the electoral system,...
Help Me To Sue The EC Over The Proxy Voting If They Persist On Carrying It Through
I still stand firmly by my conviction that the PROXY VOTING is a recipe for rigging Election 2016 in favour of the NDC. It is one of the Plans Bs and Cs by Mrs Charlotte Osei who has completely lost...
PNC, CPP Welcome Suit Over EC’s Declaration of Special Voting Results
The Peoples National Convention (PNC) has backed the lawsuit filed by a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Kwame Amoako Tuffuor and two others seeking a Supreme Court order to compel the...
It Is Nonsense For EC Boss To Abstain From Voting
A private legal practitioner, Nana Asante Bediatuo has described the decision by Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Madam Charlotte Osei not to vote as nonsense. According to him,the EC boss...
EC To Create Special Desk For Persons With Disabilities On Election Day
Persons with disabilities will not be made to join long queues at the various polling stations across the country during this year’s December 7 general elections, the Electoral Commission has...
Possession of Voter’s ID Doesn’t Mean One Is Automatically On the List – EC
The Electoral Commission has said that the mere possession of a voter ID card does not guarantee that one is on the voter’s register. “The fact that one possesses an ID card does not...
Police To Arrest Persons Who Refuse To Vote On December 7
Police Superintendent Isaac Amekudzi of Agona Odobeng in the Asikuma Odobeng Brakwa District of the Central Region has revealed that persons who will refuse to vote in the forthcoming general...
Peace Or Violence
The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art...
‘Skirt and Blouse’ – Why Win the Battle and Lose the War?
'Skirt and Blouse’ – Why win the battle and lose the war? This will not be the first. We have won a few important battles in the past but we lost the wars same day. It's almost an accepted...
NCCE Educates First Time Voters
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has encouraged first time voters to actively participate in the December 7 General Election. They must not sell their votes and or be influenced by...
We Will Guard Special Voting Ballots At Police Stations
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has asked the Electoral Commission (EC) to count and make known the ballots emanating from the special voting which will precede the December 7 elections to help avoid...
The Proxy Vote Is A Potential Weapon To Wield By NDC To Rig Election 2016 So Lets Be On The Lookout
Proxy vote is permissible by the electoral regulations of many a civilized country to allow as many as possible number of their citizens to exercise their suffrage. This is especially in cases where...
The Proxy Vote Is A Potential Weapon and Could Be Used To the Advantage of NDC
The proxy vote is a potential weapon and could be used to the advantage of NDC Charlotte Osei, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana By Rockson Adofo Proxy vote is permissible by the...
EC To Assist Persons With Disability During Elections
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it would provide tactile ballot jackets at all designated polling stations to help persons with visual impairment to vote independently. This would ensure secrecy...
Vote For An Incorruptible Leader Like Nkrumah – CPP Youth
The Convention People’s Party(CPP) Youth League, has asked Ghanaians to “check for the incorruptibility of Presidential candidates” who scramble for power in this year’s elections before...
Nana Addo Will Clasp Victory In the 2016 Elections If.
On 7th December 2016, the eligible Ghanaian electorates will go to the polls to choose the politicians they so wish to steer the country to the right direction. Although it has been documented that a...
EC To Simplify Voting Process
The Electoral Commission (EC) has said it is hoping to reduce spoilt ballots during the upcoming December 7 elections to below one per cent by simplifying the voting process. The high number of...