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Voter’s register: Soldiers deployed to Volta to intimidate residents – Minority

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah File photo The Minority in Parliament has accused government of using soldiers to intimidate residents of the Volta region as the Electoral Commission readies to compile a new voter’s register for the December polls next week. According to the Minority, the sudden deployment of military personnel …

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EC can’t use old voter card, birth certificates for registration – Supreme Court

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Ghana’s Supreme Court The current voter ID card cannot be used by the Electoral Commission of Ghana to compile a new register of voters, the Supreme Court has decided.The same court also said birth certificates cannot be used for the same purpose. The court, in its verdict …

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Go ahead with new voter roll compilation – SC to EC; both parties claim victory

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Ghana’s Supreme Court The Supreme Court has ruled that the Electoral Commission should go ahead and compile a new register of voters.The seven-member panel of justices presided over by Chief Justice Anin Yeboah gave the ruling on Thursday, 25 June 2020. However, the parties involved in the …

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NDC drops case seeking to stop EC’s voter registration exercise

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah NDC’s lawyer, Mr Edudzi Tameklo posing with police officers who thronged the Supreme Court on Thursd The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is no more pursuing its case in which it sought to stop the Electoral Commission from conduction a registration exercise for a new voter roll …

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Only Ghana card, passport’ll be used for voter roll as Parliament approves C.I.

Speaker of Parliament Ghana’s Parliament has approved the Constitutional Instrument (C.I. 126) of the Electoral Commission (EC) to enable the elections management body compile a new register of voters using the Ghana card and passport as the only primary documents of eligibility. One hundred and six MPs voted for it …

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IMANI, ASEPA petition Asantehene over new voter register

  By:brightwebtv.com /nana asare barimah Asantehene Policy think tank IMANI Africa and the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) have petitioned Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and the Asanteman Traditional Council to intervene in the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to compile a new voter register.The groups say the …

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Ghana card, voter registrations to resume as president lifts restrictions

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Video Archive Listen to the Article The controversial registration exercises by the Electoral Commission (EC) and the National Identification Authority (NIA) will soon resume following the easing of restrictions on public and social gatherings by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. In his 10th televised address to …

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EC postpones voter registration exercise

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) The Electoral Commission (EC) has postponed its compilation of a new voter register as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, Director of Electoral Services told journalists after an Inter-Party Advisory Committee meeting, Wednesday, that the …

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New voter Register: Consider Quick Spreading Of Coronalvirus -NDC To EC

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The Deputy Ashanti Regional Communication Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Kwaku Asafoagyei has advised the Electoral Commission rescind his decision to compile a new voters register with respect to the quick spreading of the new global epidemic deceased coronalvirus. Asafoagyei made the comment while speaking …

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Already expired voter register can not be trusted- Ras Caleb

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   Aspiring MUSIGA Presidential candidate  Ras Caleb Appiah-Levi, has raised concerns over an alleged expired voters register which the association has fixed a date to use in the upcoming MUSIGA election. The National Election Committee (NEC) of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) in consultation with the …

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