The National Peace Council has backed the Electoral Commission’s decision to adopt the Ghana Card as the primary document for voter registration in future elections. This endorsement comes after initial concerns and debates over the feasibility of using the Ghana Card exclusively for registration, considering challenges in its issuance by the National Identification Authority (NIA). […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has carried out a significant reshuffle in preparation for the upcoming December 2024 general election. As part of this reshuffle, Serebour Quaicoe, previously the Director of Electoral Services, has been reassigned to lead the EC’s Training Department. The change was communicated in a letter signed by the Chairperson of the Commission, […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) can now go ahead and lay a bill in Parliament to ensure that the Ghana national identification card, commonly known as Ghana Card will be the sole document of identification of citizenship for the registration of new voters. The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Jean Mensa on Wednesday told Graphic […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that the replacement of Voter ID Cards will commence on Thursday, May 30, and run through Friday, June 14, 2024. This replacement service is intended for individuals who have lost their Voter ID Cards for the upcoming December 7, general elections. In a statement issued on Tuesday, May 28, […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has set April 30, 2024, as the date for the Ejisu constituency by-election in the Ashanti region following the passing of the Member of Parliament (MP) and Deputy Finance Minister, Dr. John Ampontuah Kumah on March 7, 2024. Dr. Kumah’s death, attributed to a brief illness, has left a widow and […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will have to take a decision on the next steps for the Yendi Parliamentary Primary, following the disruption of counting and destruction of ballot papers last Saturday. No official winner has been declared by the EC. While there is no official declaration, both candidates, Farouk […]
A former Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, has suggested that election petitions that does not succeed should attract sanctions. That, he said, was to prevent election petitions from becoming a ‘wanton’ fashion. He said it appeared that some candidates rushed to court with election petitions alleging manipulation of results primarily to […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has said that the guarantor system has outlived its usefulness, hence the need for a system that will ensure people are registered on merit rather than others vouching for the age and nationality of applicants. That, it said, was the reason behind the proposed new Constitutional Instrument (CI) that would require […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has targeted to register about 1.35 million people in the 2023 Voters’ Registration exercise which commences from September 12 to October 2. This is based on the EC’s projection that at least 1,350,000 persons might have attained 18 years since the last registration exercise in 2020. The nationwide exercise will be […]
The Electoral Commission has disclosed that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate for the recent Kumawu by-election, Kwasi Amankwaa is not a registered voter in the constituency and yet he filed and contested the by-election. Mr. Kwasi Amankwaa, according to the EC, is a registered voter in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency in Greater Accra […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has dismissed claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the Commission is attempting to insert the name of one of the NPP’s aspirants into the Assin North voters register ahead of the by-election. The NDC had on Sunday revealed that the NPP aspirant Charles Opoku is not a registered voter […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has assured all stakeholders in the upcoming Kumawu by-election in the Ashanti Region that the electoral management body is adequately prepared to conduct the elections as mandated. In an interview with the Ashanti Regional Director of the EC, Benjamin Bano- Bioh last Wednesday (May 17), he stressed that the EC had […]
