By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The increase in non-voters in the country is the highest recorded in Afrobarometer surveys since 2008. People who have declared a ‘no vote’ for either of the two major political parties; National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the impending 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections …
Read More »EC suspends limited voters registration indefinitely
By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The Electoral Commission (EC) has indefinitely suspended the planned limited voters registration exercise which was scheduled to begin from Friday June 7. A statement from the EC Monday said the decision stemmed from a pending injunction application seeking to restrain the Commission from going …
Read More »1.2 million ‘voters’ risk disenfranchisement – Former Minister
By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The Director of Elections of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed fears that the state’s governing body on elections risk disenfranchising over 1.2 million eligible voters. To avert this, Elvis Afriye Ankrah said the Electoral Commission (EC) should consider an immediate …
Read More »Ghanaian voters’ biometric data completely controlled by foreigners – EC laments
By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The Electoral Commission has lamented, Ghanaian voters’ biometric data is firmly controlled by foreigners, casting a slur on the Commission’s independence. The EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa was emphatic, Israeli firm Superlock Technology Limited (STL) contracted for the maintenance of the Commission’s software and Data Center equipment, …
Read More »NDC dismisses need for new Voters Register for 2020
By:brightwebtv.com/Nana asare barimah Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary of Ghana’s largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has dismissed the Electoral Commission’s (EC) push for a new Voters Register, arguing the timing is wrong. ”There is no such need,” he said on Joy News’ Saturday news analysis …
Read More »We’re using 2016 voters’ register for Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election – EC File photo
By Martin Awuku 24 January The Electoral Commission (EC) on Thursday said it will use the 2016 voters’ vegister to conduct the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election, slated for January 31, 2019. Mr. Samuel Tettey, the Director of Electoral Service at the EC, briefing the media on the …
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