Tag Archives: VOTER

The Minister for Local Government Decentralization and Rural Development, Dan Botwe, has called on citizens to actively participate in the upcoming district-level elections. Over 66,000 individuals are competing for assembly and unit committee positions in the upcoming District Level Elections (DLEs) scheduled for December 19. Electoral Commission (EC) statistics reveal …

The Jean Mensah led EC has told Ghanaians that, the commission will not extend date for the just ended limited voter registration exercise despite complaints from the public. In a Press release issued by the EC, Acting Head of Public Affairs Michael Boadi made assurances that pragmatic measures have been …

The Coalition of National Youth Organisers (CNYO) is calling on the youth of Ghana to boycott the just-started limited voter registration exercise as a result of the snub of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) to accept alternative proposals. “The Electoral Commission is behaving as if the views and concerns of …

Ayitah Precious, a resident of Otsebleku near Afienya in the Greater Accra Region, has taken legal action against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, and Deputy Chairman Bossman Asare, alleging contempt of court in the ongoing limited voter registration dispute. In a sworn affidavit, Ayitah Precious, the applicant, made several …

Both sides of parliament have rejected the Electoral Commission’s constitutional instrument that aimed to make the Ghana card the only document for the registration of voters. In its report, the Committee of the Whole, before which the EC, National Identification Authority and the Finance Ministry appeared to speak on the …

The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced sweeping reforms to voter registration and voting, two years before the next general elections. These will affect source documents for voter registration and the voter ID system, and will take effect with the maturation of a yet-to-be laid constitutional instrument. Deputy Commission Chair, Samuel …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has released the final list of the 2020 voter register. It has also pasted a list of all eligible voters across all polling stations in the country. This is to ensure that you cross-check your names and polling centers before December 7th. If you successfully …

A total of 541 electorates who registered for the new voter roll have their names missing after compilation of the final document to be used for the 2020 elections. However, they can still vote on December 7, 2020, when the country heads for the polls, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission …

Some electorates who thronged the Ashanti Regional office of the Electoral Commission Thursday have complained that the one day set for the limited voter’s registration in the region was inadequate. As at twelve noon, more than 500 people had arrived at the designated registration centers to partake in the process. …

The Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Henry Norgbey, has raised red flags over some missing names on the provisional voters’ register. Ernest Norgbey, who couldn’t find his name in the register in the ongoing exhibition exercise, claimed that 21,000 voters in his constituency have also had their names deleted …