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The Electoral Commission has reminded people who want to guarantee for applicants that they should know such people before they become their guarantors. “If it turns out that the applicant you guarantee for is not qualified, the guarantor will be held accountable including; prosecution,” Dr Bossman Eric Asare, Deputy Chair …

2 EC officials arrested Two persons are in the grips of the police in Tamale, in the Northern Region, for allegedly registering people for the voters’ ID card at a secret location. The suspects were arrested after some members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) alerted the police of …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has expressed dissatisfaction in development at the registration centres and reaffirmed in a release that, serving as a guarantor for someone you are not related to is a crime, punishable by law. “Such an act is illegal in the Constitutional Instrument (CI) 91 and the …

The Electoral Commission (EC) on Friday began registering eligible voters in Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country but there were setbacks at some of the schools. The two-day special exercise was targeted at final year students and those in form-two gold track who were 18 or more but could …

Information reaching the news desk of My New Ghana indicates that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has dragged the Electoral Commission (EC) to court over the attempt of the commission to register final year senior high school students on their campuses. The NDC is demanding the court put an injunction on the registration …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) will this morning at 10:00 am hold a press briefing to provide an update on the ongoing new voter registration exercise. The briefing, which will be the second edition of the “Let the Citizens Know” initiative, is expected to provide information to concerned stakeholders and the …

The Electoral Commission has announced it will begin a two-day voter registration exercise in Secondary Schools across the country tomorrow Friday, July 10, 2020 in order to register students who are eligible to vote in December. The EC in a statement called on all students who are 18 years and …

As part of efforts towards ensuring other free and fair elections to continue with the beautification of Ghana’s democratic gains, the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has begun compiling a New Voters Register ahead of the 2020 General Elections.    This registration process started on June 30th, 2020 and is …

Professor Tina Abrefa-Gyan, a candidate of the just ended NPP primaries in Wenchi constituency who lost to Professor Baffour Gyan, together with her team embarked on a visitation to all the registration centres in the constituency to offer assistance to the Electoral Commission and the various political parties with the …

The Electoral Commission (EC) Monday said it had dismissed three temporary officers over the theft of eight Form 1A forms at the Sagnarigu Municipality in the Northern Region and cautioned that it would not shield any officer caught in wrongdoing. The EC’s attention was drawn to the stolen forms by …