After the back and forth over the need or otherwise of a new electoral roll, the Electoral Commission commences its month-long nationwide voters registration exercise today. The EC has argued that the compilation of the register is an ingredient for a free and fair election on December 7, 2020. The …
Read More »New voters register: EC to reduce polling stations by 6300
The Minority in Parliament has rejected a decision by the Electoral Commission to knock off over 6,000 polling stations from the upcoming voters’ registration exercise. The EC told the special budget committee of Parliament Tuesday that 6,300 out of the existing 33,000 polling stations will not have registration centres. Voters in the …
Read More »Whether or not we will register is immaterial – Peter Otokunor
Some political pundits have asked communication members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) if they will take part in the new Voters registration exercise following their opposition. The NDC has sworn to resist the EC’s decision to compile a new voters register despite several reasons given by the Commission. Many …
Read More »We’ll beat you mercilessly if you try to disrupt voter’s register – Obiri Boahen warns
The Deputy General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen has warned that anyone who attempts to disrupt the upcoming compilation of the new Voter’s register would be beaten mercilessly. According to Nana Obiri Boahen, the violence that happened during the Ayawaso West Wuogon bye-election was just a …
Read More »We will compile new register, nobody can control us – EC
The Electoral Commission has stated that it will go ahead and compile a new voters’ register for the upcoming polls adding that no individual or authority can direct or control them. In a terse statement, the EC said “as stated Article 46 of the 1992 Constitution, the EC would like …
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