Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr. Eric Bossman Asare has assured ghanaians that it will deliver very fair elections at all levels. Dr. Bossman Asare in an interview gave assurance that transparent elections would be conducted in the country to ensure that those that are voted for are those who get the lead. His […]
More than 150 voter registration forms of the Electoral Commission (EC) in the ongoing limited voter registration in Hohoe in the Volta Region were destroyed by agents of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC). This followed a misunderstanding between the party agents over voter registration data captured by officials of the […]
More than 2, 000 new voters have been registered and issued their voters’ identification cards in the Asheidu Keteke District in the Odododiodoo constituency. Mr Eric Okyere, the District Electoral Officer, said the 2,010 newly registered included 1,417 new voters captured by the close of the first week and 593 applicants registered in the second […]
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 […]
