The report of the Auditor-General on Special Audits carried out on selected state institutions in the year 2018 has made a shocking revelation that the Electoral Commission (EC) has sold the data of voters to a private company for money. The private company, Bysystem Limited, subsequently, sold the electoral data to financial service providers for […]
The ongoing limited voter registration exercise is fraught with technical hitches amidst static queue. Generally, the process has been seamless but technical challenges which have marred the beauty of the entire exercise continue to slow the process. The exercise starts 7am and ends at 6pm including weekends. The Finder reporters who visited some of the […]
The report of the Auditor-General on Special Audits carried out on selected state institutions in the year 2018 has uncovered several infractions at the Electoral Commission (EC) running into hundreds millions of cedis. The infractions, which mainly took place between 2014 and 2016, involves expenses related to the 2016 general elections. The Auditor-General has directed […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has projected to register 700,000 new voters as its limited voter registration exercise began nationwide yesterday. As part of the effort to achieve that target, the EC has designated 1,573 selected centres nationwide, in addition to its district offices where the exercise is taking place. According to the commission, it had […]
The Electoral Commission today begun a Limited Voters’ Registration exercise nationwide, to register Ghanaians who have turned 18 since the last registration as well as those who, for one reason or another, have never registered to do so. It forms part of the Commission’s preparations towards the conduct of the 2019 district level election of […]
The Electoral Commission has confirmed that it will begin the Limited Voters Registration Exercise from Monday June 17 2019 through to Sunday July 7 2019. A statement issued by the Commission and signed by Chairperson Mrs. Jean Mensa explained that the move follows the dismissal of a motion for interlocutory injunction seeking to restrain the […]
Political parties have unanimously endorsed the call for the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs). Speaking at a multi-stakeholder conference on the upcoming referendum, the General Secretary for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia pointed out that voting for MMDCEs would address the winner-takes-all syndrome in the country’s politics. Asiedu […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that it will hold consultations with stakeholders as a means of enhancing transparency in its work. Those penciled for the consultations include members of the clergy, Imams, traditional rulers, civil society organizations (CSOs) and former presidents, among others. The novelty in the history of the commission is titled: “High […]
Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Builsa South Constituency in the Upper East Region, Dr. Clement Apaak is accusing the chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa of double standards. According to him, Mrs. Mensa saw everything wrong with the way the EC was being run when she was the […]
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Madam Jean Adukwei Mensa, Deputy Commissioner of the EC in-charge of Corporate Services, Dr. Bossman Asare; Deputy Director in-charge of Operations at the EC, Samuel Tetteh, and other leading officials, on Wednesday, visited the Despite Media Group as part of a familiarisation tour. This is the first time such a […]
The Electoral Commissioner, Mrs Jean Mensa, has revealed the Electoral Commission’s (EC) plans for the limited registration exercise for the upcoming district level elections. She stated that the exercise would commence from Friday, June 7, to Thursday, June 27, and will start from 6am to 7pm daily. This will include Saturdays and Sundays. She disclosed […]
The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has scheduled Friday, June 7 to Thursday, June 27 as the period to undertake this year’s limited voter registration ahead of the 2020 polls. According to the Chair of the Commission, Jean Mensa, the limited voters registration is to afford Ghanaians who have attained 18 years since the last registration […]
