The Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has stated that the Commission is almost done with preparations for next month’s presidential and parliamentary elections. “The Electoral Commission is 98 percent ready for the successful, credible, fair, orderly and peaceful conduct of the elections in December,” Jean Adukwei Mensa observed. She also said the Commission … Read more
The Electoral Commission [ EC ] of Ghana has cleared twelve (12) presidential aspirants to contest the 2020 general elections. This list include the founder and leader of the Ghana Freedom Party, Akua Donkor and Dr. Hassan Ayariga of the All People’s Congress (APC). President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, is pleading with the government to give the Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson, Mrs Jean Mensa, protection as her life is in danger. According to him, some elements within the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) are planning to cause mayhem as the country prepares for election. “I … Read more
Officials of the Electoral Commission have closed down the Step to Christ registration centre in the Awutu Senya East constituency after gun wielding men stormed the premises. Eyewitnesses say, the men numbering at least 15 arrived at the centre around 8 am and tried to sack some prospective voters. This resulted in a scuffle that … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Electoral Commission(EC) Head, Mr. Benjamin Bannor Bio has apologized for a computation error in the ongoing voters’ registration exercise in the area. The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the region on Wednesday, July 15, at a presser sounded alarm over what they described as an ‘effective reduction of the Ashanti regional … Read more
Good evening distinguished citizens of our beloved country, Ghana, Members of the Press, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is a pleasure to speak to you this evening. I bring you warm greetings from the Electoral Commission [ E.C ] of Ghana. This is the day our Father God has made we rejoice and are glad in … Read more
The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision ruled that the Electoral Commission ( EC ) has the power to compile a new register. Private citizen Mark Takyi-Banson and the opposition NDC filed the case in court asking that it stops the EC from compiling the register or allow the use of the birth certificate … Read more
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensah has justified the Commission’s decision to compile a new voters register. Addressing a forum in Accra organized by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Ghana, the EC Chairperson indicated that the compilation of a new voters’ register is motivated by the Commission’s desire to ensure a credible general election. … Read more
The immediate past boss of the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei has taken up a new challenge as a host of a business programme on an Accra-based television station. The new programme which is dubbed Business Compass will be hosted by Mrs Challotte Osei on GHOne TV. Speaking at the launch of … Read more
The Electoral Commission says it could use the current voters’ register for the December 2020 elections, if the coronavirus pandemic persists. According to the Director of General Electoral Services at EC, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, this would require a cleaning of the register which would include a validation exercise and a limited registration exercise for new voters. “We … Read more