The Electoral Commission (EC) has assured Ghanaians that it has no intention to use the Ghana Card as a source of identification for the 2024 general elections. It said it would continue to issue the voters identification cards which would be used for the elections. Misconception The Deputy Chairman of the EC, Dr Eric Bossman […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) saved the country $90 million in the conduct of the 2020 Election, the Chairperson of the commission, Mrs Jean Mensa, has disclosed. That, she said, was achieved through a reduction of the cost of the election from $13 per person in 2016 to $7.7 in 2020. Moreover, it also cut down […]
Election 2020 is the first election to be fully funded by the government since democracy was restored in the country in 1992. It is one election which had no donor funding to support the election management processes, the Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa, has disclosed. Disclosing this at the opening ceremony of […]
National Organizer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Sammi Awuku commended the electoral commission for a good job done with the just-ended electoral process. According to him, comparatively, the 2020 election has been one of the well-organized elections the country has had in its history. “It was fiercely contested and for me, the process did pass on […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has said it expects a near 100 per cent voter turnout in today’s special voting exercise. “We expect a near 100 per cent turnout and are confident that the outcome will be peaceful, credible, transparent and orderly, God being our helper,” the Chairperson of the EC, Mrs Jean Mensa, told the media […]
The Electoral Commission of Ghana has dismissed allegations made by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that some names of its members have been deleted from the newly compiled voter roll. The elections management body said the claims are false and should be ignored. A statement issued by the EC on Wednesday, September 23 said: “Our attention has been drawn […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has registered a total of 16,663,699 voters as of Thursday, August 6, 2020. The old voters register had a total of 16,845,420 registered voters. The commission on Friday, August 7, 2020 made this known at its 8th edition of the Let the Citizens Know series, a platform created by the EC […]
The opposition National Democratic Congress, (NDC) has registered its disappointment at the ruling of the Supreme Court Thursday, to allow the Electoral Commission to proceed with its new voter registration compilation exercise without the inclusion of the existing voters ID card as one of the qualifying documents for registration. Addressing a late Thursday night media […]
The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has described as “unfortunate” recent statements made by the Minority Leader of Parliament following a meeting of the Chair of the Commission with the Special Budget Committee. Haruna Iddrisu on Tuesday told journalists that after meeting the Committee, Jean Mensa had suggested that the number of polling centres to be used for the upcoming […]
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa, has defended the compilation of a new biometric voters register (BVR), saying it is the surest way to deliver free, fair, credible and transparent elections. She said the EC’s decision was in the interest of all political parties and that it was committed to delivering […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) is arguing that the fundamental legal reasons for its decision not to use the existing voter identification cards as an acceptable form of ID for its registration exercise this year is that the Supreme Court itself has held that the current voters’ register is not reasonably credible. By implication, the EC […]
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Jean Mensa on Wednesday, 12th February 2020 led a ten-member delegation to pay a courtesy call on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi. The visit afforded the Chairperson and her delegation the opportunity to brief the King on the various reforms that […]
