Angry Police Man Disrupts Process
A police man who was angry over his inability to cast his ballot in the second round early voting violently disrupted the process at the Tamale Central Constituency in the Northern Region. The...
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Phase 2 of Special Voting Underway
The second phase of the special voting exercise is currently underway in all designated polling stations across the country. Volta Region Citi News’ Volta Regional correspondent, Norbert Akpabli...
Confusion Rocks Subin Constituency Over Missing Names
Hundreds of security personnel are reported to be angry after returning to a polling center in the Subin constituency in the Ashanti Region to cast their ballots in Sunday’s extension’s of the...
Confusion At Ayawaso East Over Voters’ List
Confusion rocked the start of Sunday’s Special Voting at the Ayawaso East Constituency in the Greater Accra Region after disagreement between the presiding officer and the New Patriotic Party (NPP)...
Disorder Characterises Special Voting In Brong Ahafo
There is total disorder at the Brong Ahafo Regional Police Headquarters where hundreds of special voters have gathered to cast their votes in this year’s general elections. Electoral Commission...
[Photos] What To Do At the Polling Station On December 7
Thousands of Ghanaian first time voters will join other eligible voters on December 7 to elect a president and 275 parliamentarians. 3News brings to these first time voters and many others, the...
EC Outlines Duties For Security Officers On Election Day
The Electoral Commission (EC) has outlined the task for security officers to perform on December 1, for the Special Voting and December 7 for the nationwide polls. “On Election Day, security...
EC Spells Out Duties For Security Officers On Voting Day
The Electoral Commission (EC) has outlined the task for security officers to perform on December 1, for the Special Voting, and December 7 for the nationwide polls. “On Election Day, security...
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:...
EC Sets Parameters For Determination of Spoilt Ballot Papers
The Electoral Commission (EC) has set the parameters for the determination of the validity of a ballot paper. 'If a voter accidentally damages his or her ballot paper, for by tearing, dirtying it or...
Kwaku Asare Launches ‘adopt A Voter’ Campaign To Reduce Rejected Ballots
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...
EC Explains Roles Of Presiding Officer
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...
Rejected Ballot Challenge
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)...
CODEO Hails ECs Verification System
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has commended the Electoral Commission for deploying a verification system for next month’s elections. As part of measures to enhance the...
CODEO Commends EC Over Verification System
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has commended the Electoral Commission for deploying a verification system for next month’s elections. As part of measures to enhance the...
SC To Give Ruling On Special Voting Suit On Nov. 14
A seven member Supreme Court Panel presided over by Justice William Atuguba has set Monday, November 14 2016, to deliver judgment on a suit filed by Dr. Kwame Amoako-Tuffuor, a member of the New...
Lawyer Sues EC Over Collation Sheet
A lawyer and former Director of Research, Parliament of Ghana, Kwesi Nyame-Tease Eshun, has filed a writ at the Supreme Court, exposing a serious loophole in the new Public Elections Regulations,...
Latest Supreme Court Writ Exposes EC On Collation Sheet
A lawyer and former Director of Research, Parliament of Ghana, Kwesi Nyame-Tease Eshun, has filed a writ at the Supreme Court, exposing a serious loophole in the new Public Elections Regulations,...
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...
I’ll Annul Election Results – Ayariga
Apparently unperturbed disqualified presidential candidate of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has threatened to annul the results of the December general election or call off the...