The Electoral Commission (EC) says barring any impediment, it will declare results of the 2020 Presidential Election 24 hours after polls. The Director of Electoral Services at the Commission, Dr Serebour Quaicoe, said the EC was determined to declare the results by the time Ghanaians go to sleep on December 8. He told the Ghanaian Times in […]
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NDC sues EC over ‘ungazetted’ SHS voter registration centres
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sued the Electoral Commission (EC) over the latter’s decision to extend the registration of voters to campuses of Senior High Schools which have not been gazetted as registration centres. The NDC has filed the suit at the High Court (General Jurisdiction) Friday, listing four reliefs, along with orders the […]
NDC drops relief challenging EC’s decision to conduct new mass registration exercise
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has abandoned its relief seeking to stop the Electoral Commission (EC) from going ahead with the new mass voter registration exercise. The NDC’s suit at the Supreme Court is based on two premises – first, that the attempt by the EC to compile a new registration exercise was unconstitutional and […]
Evans Nimako explains why the EC cannot accept old voter ID cards as proof of Ghanaian citizenship
The Electoral Commission (EC) does not want to accept the existing voter Identity cards as a proof of Ghanaian citizenship in its planned new voter registration exercise because, there are still people who used health insurance cards to register and are still on the register, according to the Director of Elections and Research at the […]
NDC actively involved in EC pilot registration exercise
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is participating in the Electoral Commission (EC) pilot voter registration exercise. The party has therefore directed its regional executives to attend the programme, an indication that when the registration finally takes of later parts of the month the NDC party may participate against its avowed opposition. The exercise commenced today, June 2, […]
New Voters Register: NDC requests training manual from EC
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) seems to have made a u-turn on its stance on the compilation of a new voters register by the Electoral Commission for the 2020 elections. The Party has written to the Electoral Commission, requesting for the Training Manual for voter registration officials, ahead of the commencement of the exercise […]
New Voter roll: Nunoo-Mensah chides NDC for being overly ‘troublesome’
Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, a former Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces has chastised the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for being ‘troublesome’. “The people have already intended to be troublesome and it’s bad; it’s sad,” he said in reaction to the hullabaloo surrounding a new voters’ register. The former National Security […]
Allow EC space to work in accordance with the law-National Peace Council to NDC etal
The Electoral Commission of Ghana has submitted a Constitutional Instrument (C.I) to parliament to pass a legislation that will enable citizens to use the Ghana Card and the passport for registration into the voters’ register. Earlier, the Electoral Commission scheduled the registration for 18th April, 2020. However, due to the ban on public gatherings by […]
EC accuse NDC of consistently telling lies to tarnish its reputation
The Electoral Commission has accused the largest opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC), of consistently engaging in the spread of falsehood to court disaffection for the Commission. The NDC had in a press conference on Thursday, addressed by the National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, claimed the EC was conniving with government and other state agencies to […]
New voters register will be compiled under strict adherence to all COVID-19 safety protocols
The Electoral Commission (EC) has indicated that the upcoming compilation of a new voters register will be done under strict compliance with all the safety protocols pertaining to the COVID-19 Pandemic. A statement issued by the Commission on Monday, 11 May 2020 signed by Mrs. Sylvia Annoh, the Director of Public Affairs and sighted by […]
Maurice Ampaw berates Sam George; says injunction against EC’s meeting dangerous
Private legal practitioner, Maurice Ampaw has disagreed with an ex parte injunction granted National Democratic Congress (NDC) lawmaker for Ningo Prampram, Hon. Sam Nartey George against a scheduled meeting by the Electoral Commission (EC) According to Mr. Ampaw, the ex parte injunction which was granted by the Judge, Mr. Eugene Nyante Nyadu, last Friday was […]
Easing of lockdown: Deliberate ploy by Akufo-Addo to allow EC compile new voters register-Sammy Gyamfi
The National Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described the lifting of the restrictions on movement by the President as a politically-motivated decision. Sammy Gyamfi says it is calculated to allow the Electoral Commission to compile a new voters’ register for the 2020 general election. According to him, it is questionable why […]