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A man casts his vote at a polling station during presidential elections in Accra December 7, 2012. Ghana extended voting in its presidential election into a second day, officials said on Friday, after a rash of technical problems prevented thousands of people in the West African state from casting their ballots on time. The decision was broadly accepted by political parties and voters, who hoped the poll would entrench Ghana's reputation as a bulwark of democracy and progress in a region better known for civil wars, coups and corruption. REUTERS/Stringer (GHANA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR3BBZF

Lolobi, Akpafu chiefs write to EC over exclusion in Parliamentary polls

The Akpafu and Lolobi Traditional Areas formerly in of the Volta region have jointly petitioned the Electoral Commission over why they were made to abstain from the parliamentary elections on December 7.

The two traditional authorities in a letter to the EC are requesting for clarity on their voting rights under the 1992 Ghana constitution.

They also accused the EC of deliberately disenfranchising them in the pols

 

Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh

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