Renowned Chartered Economist, Bernard Oduro Takyi, has criticized Electoral Commission Chair, Jean Mensa, for her stubborn stance on an independent audit of the voter register. He warns that her actions could lead to violence in the 2024 elections if the register isn’t audited. In an interview on TV XYZ morning …
Read More »Binduri Constituency, Over 7,217 Names got Missing in the Recently Compiled Voter’s Register
The electoral commission is yet to make it known to the people of Binduri district in the upper East region Region after residence became angery with electoral officers in the various polling stations over their missing names. The following polling stations recorded the figures below respectively during the compilation …
Read More »Akufo-Addo’s Voter Registration Details Sparks Reactions On Social Media
Ghanaians reacted after President Akufo-Addo has last night posted his Voter Registration Details on Social Media to indicate that the Electoral Commission shortcode for voter registration details is working properly. “In addition to going to your respective registration centres to verify your voter registration details, you can also send your …
Read More »14K of 21K missing voters ‘suddenly’ reappear after my alarm – Ashaiman MP
Ashaiman MP Ernest Henry Norgbey has said the Electoral Commission is claiming to have restored 14,000 of some 21,000 missing names that allegedly vanished from the voter roll in his constituency. He told journalists on Saturday, 19 September 2020 that: “As of yesterday, when the book was opened, about 21,000 names, including mine, could …
Read More »HOT VIDEO: Bullet Flys as Police arrest 17 Togolese who attempted to register Voter ID at
At least 17 people have been arrested in the Oti Region on suspicion that they were Togolese attempting to partake in the ongoing Voters’ Registration exercise. The arrested persons were said to be in a queue waiting to register when two men who claimed to be members of National Security …
Read More »New Voters’ Register: Don’t register your names – Nana B appeals to NDC
Nana Boakye, National Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has appealed to members and supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) not to participate in the new voters’ register by Electoral Commission (EC). The registration exercise will begin in the last week of June 2020. The EC piloted …
Read More »EC to proceed with compilation of new voters’ register
The Electoral Commission Tuesday said it has not abandoned its plan to compile a new voters register for the 2020 General Election. However, it will in due course announce a new date for the exercise in line with the ban against public gathering announced by the President on Sunday night. …
Read More »EC open to using NIA database for new voters’ register
“Yes, we can use the [National Identification Authority’s] data but is the NIA data ready?” These were the sentiments of Dr Yaw Ofori-Agyei, a consultant at the Electoral Commission on suggestions that the Commission should rely on the NIA’s data for its proposed new voters’ register. In an engagement with journalists …
Read More »Kufuor supports EC’s decision to compile new voters’ register
The former president John Agyekum Kufour, has expressed hit total support for the Ghana’s Electoral Commission decision to compile a new and credible voters’ register for the 2020 general elections. “Everything possible must be done to ensure a very credible electoral process; the current register should be replaced to make …
Read More »Voters’ register credible but overstretched – EC
The Electoral Commission has justified the decision to change the voters’ register with just a year to the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections. According to the Commission, the current register has been over-stretched, hence, the need for a new one with enhanced features to protect its credibility. Addressing the media …
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