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 […]
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Parliament demands briefing from EC Chair on new voters C.I.
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 […]
EC to reject old voter ID cards and birth certificates for new registration
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. […]
Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election slated for January 31, 2019
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, […]
Electoral Commission to begin media accreditation for referendum from Tuesday, December 18 2018
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 […]
Running the electoral commission is not like running an apampemu store-Kofi Adams jabs EC
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 […]