Electoral Commission Opens call centre for 2020 Elections
The Electoral Commission (EC) has opened a call centre ahead of the December 7, 2020 general elections. In a statement dated December 3, 2020, the Commission said the centre will enable voters to relay their concerns and feedbacks to it on Election Day. According to the statement, the call centre will be managed by trained […]
EC Announce Date to exhibit newly Compiled voters’ Register
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced September 18th to 25th as the period slated for the exhibition of the newly compiled voters’ register. Making the announcement, Director of Elections for the Commission, Dr. Serebour Quarcoo also urged Ghanaians who registered to partake in the exhibition exercise. “This is a new compilation so there is the […]
Electoral Commission’s office in Accra up in flames
The Greater Accra Regional Electoral Commission office located at Sapeiman near Amasaman on Friday, August 14, was reduced to ashes. Sources have it that, the incident which happened at dawn around 2:30 am required about four water tenders from the Fire Service offices in Amasaman, Kotoku, Nsawam, and Abelemkpe to drench the fire. According to […]
Full Judgement on the NDC versus EC case
The National Democratic Congress in May, 2020 sued the Electoral Commission at the Supreme Court over its decision to compile a new voters register ahead of the 2020 elections. The opposition party stated their stance against the EC’s decision stating that the exercise was unnecessary and costly. The EC being adamant, indicated its resolve to proceed with its decision. […]
NDC vs EC: Supreme Court sets date for judgement
Ghana’s apex court, the Supreme Court, has adjourned the case between the Electoral Commission (EC) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). The Supreme Court was expected to give its final ruling on the legal tussle between the EC and NDC today, June 11, 2020, but was unable to, thereby adjourning the case to June […]
Thieves break into EC office
Some suspected thieves have broken into the Electoral Commission (EC) office at Kodie in the Affigya Kwabre South Constituency in the Ashanti Region and made away with some vital gadgets. The hoodlums reportedly took away two laptops that are said to contain some important information of the EC. So far, it is not known whether or not […]
Mahama wades into cartoon brouhaha
Former President John Dramani Mahama has waded into the cartoon brouhaha which saw the national communication officer of the NDC Sammi Gyamfi trending on Twitter Tuesday. The former President who did not comment directly on the George Floyd cantoon artwork – centre of the controversy – appeared to suggest people criticising the NDC communicator are playing double […]
EC suspends voters registration pilot as BVR machine fails
The Electoral Commission’s pilot of the anticipated Voting Registration exercise in the Western Region has been suspended. 3news.com can report that the BVR machine used to capture the bio-data of applicants has developed a fault. Officials who were at the section to capture the bio-data have already packed off the machine. The about 15 persons […]
Court dismisses Sam George’s case against EC; fines him GHS6,000
A case filed against the Electoral Commission by the Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, has been dismissed by the Tema High Court. Sam George had filed an application in court seeking to restrain the EC from hosting a supposed workshop on the new voters’ register at the Escape Hotel in Prampram. His […]
Election 2020: We’ll compile new register under COVID-19 protocols – EC
The Electoral Commission of Ghana has said it will observe all the necessary safety measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus when it begins compiling a new register of voters. “All stakeholders are hereby reminded that plans are far advanced for the compilation of a new voter register with a new voter management system for the upcoming […]
