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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) is planning not to accept old voters ID cards and birth certificates as a primary form of identification in the new voters registration exercise planned for April 2020. This will be enforced if the new proposal for amendment in the Constitutional Instrument (CI) for the registration currently before Parliament becomes law. […]
The General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) James Kwabena Bomfeh Jnr. in his personal capacity has added on, to his earlier epistle on the resistance of some political parties with regards to the intended compilation of a new Voters Register for election 2020. BestNewsGH.com can report that in his first epistle on the […]
Rev. Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana has lampooned the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and all others who are opposed to the compilation of a new Voters Register for the 2020 general elections. In in interview on Accra based Asempa Fm and monitored by BestNewsGH.com, the revered Man […]
As many as 13 political parties have consented to the compilation of a new voters register for the 2020 general elections. BestNewsGH.com reports that political parties as saying the Electoral Commission has made a very solid case for a new register, taking cognizance of cost, time and credibility. The 13 political parties are the ruling […]
Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampoh has been sharing some thoughts on the proposed new voters register to be compiled by the Electoral Commission for the 2020 elections. There have been a back and forth on the issue of the voters register with the opposition […]
Opposition political parties in the country have served notice they will be organizing a series of demonstrations across the country to protest the intended compilation of a new voters register for the 2020 elections by the Electoral Commission. The Inter-Party Resistance Against the New Voters Register at a press conference on Monday January 6, 2020 […]
A statement from the EC Monday said those who transferred their votes to enable them vote in the 2018 referendum on the creation of new regions will have to go through the process of transferring their votes again as the 2018 transfers were temporal. Also, all security personnel who previously registered in the districts they […]
“I said it to you before, and I will repeat it. I don’t need the Electoral Commission to win an election; I don’t want to win an election in Ghana because of the Electoral Commission. I want to win an election in Ghana because of the people of Ghana; that they make a free and […]
The nationwide exhibition of the voters’ register begins today, the Electoral Commission (EC) has announced. The eight-day exercise, which is meant to clean the register ahead of the upcoming referendum on the participation of political parties in district level elections, will be an opportunity for the about 17 million registered voters to authenticate their details […]
