On Saturday, July 5, Ghana’s Minister of Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, posted on Facebook that the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa, has been placed under the protection of the Ghana Police Service. This follows the withdrawal of the military escort that previously guarded her, a move that triggered public discussion on the appropriate roles of security services […]
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission has told Joy News that the Commission will conclude all election-related processes, deployments and training today, November 29, in readiness for the 2024 general election slated for December 7. Speaking on the sidelines of a ceremony held in Accra where all 12 presidential candidates committed to peace, the EC […]
The Africa Centre for Digital Transformation (ACDT) has warned of potential cyber threats to Ghana’s December 7 elections, urging stakeholders to take immediate action to safeguard the electoral process. The ACDT, in a press statement, highlighted the growing risk of cyber-attacks as digital systems become increasingly integral to Ghanaian society, including its electoral processes. The […]
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 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 […]
Parliament has invited the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) to brief the Committee of the Whole on a new Constitutional Instrument (C.I.) ahead of Election 2024. The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban S.K. Bagbin has directed that the Chairperson herself, Jean Mensah should appear for the briefing. According to the Speaker, the EC must […]
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 Electoral Commission has scheduled the Ayawaso Wesy Wuogon by-election for Thursday January 31 2019. This was agreed on, by the various political parties and the electoral commission at an emergency Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting today, Monday December 24, 2018. All the political parties in attendance including the ruling NPP, the NDC, PPP, […]
The Electoral Commission says it will begin accepting applications for accreditation from interested media houses that will like to observe the upcoming referendum for the creation of new regions in the country from Tuesday, December 18 2018 through to Monday December 24 2018. The various interested media houses are to apply to the regional directors […]
National Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams is unhappy with the handling by the Electoral Commission of the ongoing limited voter registration exercise. According to him, the commission must get serious with the business of the organization, adding that ‘’managing the electoral commission is not like managing or running an apampemu […]
