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Western Region: EC misses out on 150,000 target

May 10, 2016 8:10 am Add a Comment

STAKEHOLDERS have expressed fear that the Electoral Commission (EC) is likely to miss out on its target of capturing some 150,000 new voters in the limited registration exercise. This is because at the end of the first phase of the … Read more →

Voters’ register will be clean, credible before polls – EC

May 9, 2016 9:13 am Add a Comment

The Electoral Commission has given the assurance that the electoral roll will be clean and credible before the November 7 Presidential and parliamentary elections. “…Further, the commission believes that the credibility of elections depends on clean voters register. Therefore all … Read more →

EC yet to get copy of Supreme Court ruling

May 7, 2016 7:25 am Add a Comment

The Electoral Commission (EC) said although it was yet to get a copy of the Supreme Court ruling, it had already put in mechanisms to delete names of the dead and those who registered with the National Health Insurance Card. … Read more →

Stop harassing EC – Prez. Mahama

April 8, 2016 8:22 am Add a Comment

President John Dramani Mahama has called for a cessation of the harassment of the Electoral Commission (EC) so as to enable it to independently do its job of conducting this year’s general elections. “I believe the Electoral Commission should be … Read more →

Zanetor Rawlings is not a registered voter – EC explains

March 3, 2016 9:13 am Add a Comment

The Electoral Commission (EC) has explained that Dr Zanetor Rawlings was not a registered voter per their records. The eligibility of Dr Rawlings as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary nominee for Klottey Korle constituency in Greater Accra is being … Read more →

STATEMENT: Removal of multiple names shall be done across board – EC

February 4, 2016 9:19 am Add a Comment

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has announced that its intended exercise to remove multiple names from the voter’s register shall be done across the length and breadth of the county, especially, in areas where the anomalies are detected. According … Read more →

NPP attacks EC

January 15, 2016 9:36 am Add a Comment

The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has rubbished the Electoral Commission’s (EC’s) decision not to compile a new voters’ register for this year’s elections. After months of tug-of-war over whether or not there was the need for a new register … Read more →

EC’s reason to keep names of alleged Togo nationals in voters’ register

January 5, 2016 9:45 am Add a Comment

The Electoral Commission (EC) says the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) push for the removal of over 76,000 names of alleged Togolese nationals from the electoral roll would be inappropriate. The EC says it would be “an arbitrary and discriminatory application of … Read more →

EC dragged to British Prime Minister

November 11, 2015 7:42 am Add a Comment

Some Ghanaian residents in the United Kingdom have embarked on a massive demonstration in London aimed at piling pressure on the Electoral Commission (EC) to prepare a new Biometric Voters’ Register. They ended the demonstration at the No 10, Downing … Read more →

NPP submits evidence of bloated register to EC

November 9, 2015 7:52 am Add a Comment

The New Patriotic Party says it expects the Electoral Commission to expedite investigations into allegations the voters’ register is bloated with foreigners. The party submitted the much-talked about Togolese register to the commission on Friday. Pro-NPP pressure group Let My Vote … Read more →