Tag: Electoral Commission
Italy to train Electoral Commission staff on electoral management
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has received a capacity-development opportunity on electoral management and administration knowledge from the government of Italy.
The initiative called...
EC pays Election 2020 field officers
The Electoral Commission (EC) has paid in full, all 236,000 field officers who assisted in the conduct of the 2020 general election.
Dr Bossman...
Northern Development and Democratic Institute lauds Electoral Commission
Mr. Mustapha Sanah, the Executive Chairman of Northern Development and Democratic Institute, (NDDI), has commended the efforts and tenacity of the Electoral...
Electoral Commission proposes new closing time for Polls in Ghana
The Electoral Commission (EC) has proposed that as part of electoral reforms polls would be close at 15000 hours rather than 1700 hours in...
Let’s celebrate the absence of long queues in 2020 election-EC
Mrs Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, says Ghana ought to celebrate the absence of long queues at almost all polling stations...
NET RIGHT commends EC Chair
Members of Network for Women’s Rights (NET RIGHT) have commended Mrs Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, for spearheading successful Presidential and...
EC must review processes leading to 2020 election results coalition – Akoto Ampaw
Mr Anthony Akoto Ampaw, Lead Counsel of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the 2020 Presidential Election Petition, has urged the Electoral Commission...
Allowance for Election 2020 field operatives to be paid soon– EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) has appealed to its Election 2020 Filed Operatives to exercise patience as the Commission works acidulously to pay their allowances.
Dr...
Ghana’s 2020 election costs GH¢40.78 per voter – EC
The cost per voter in the just ended 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections is about GHS40.78, translating to USD7.7.
This is a reduction of almost...
Ghana must build trust in national institutions-Dr Chambas
Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the former Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), says Ghana...
NDC boycotts IPAC Meeting on review of 2020 general election
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), has declined an invitation by the Electoral Commission (EC) to attend an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting to review...
EC presents election 2020 pink sheets to Wenchi High Court
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Monday, presented 16 pink sheets and other documents on the 2020 Techiman South constituency parliamentary elections to the Wenchi...
Wenchi High Court orders EC to produce original documents on Techiman South Parliamentary Results
The Wenchi High Court has ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to produce only the original copies of documents on the Techiman South 2020 Parliamentary...
Court adjourns Essikado-Ketan Parliamentary Election Petition to March 23
A Sekondi High Court has adjourned an election petition filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Essikado-Ketan in the 2020 elections,...
Election Petition: Mr Davies calls on Ghanaians to abide by SC’s decision
Mr Frank Davies, a member of the President Nana Akufo-Addo’s Legal team, has called on Ghanaians to abide by the decision of the Supreme...
Election 2020 Petition: Ghana’s Supreme Court decides tomorrow
Ghana’s Supreme Court will tomorrow, March 4, deliver judgement in the much awaited Election 2020 Petition trial.
The seven-member panel, presided over by Chief Justice...
There must be trust between Electoral Commission and citizens – Prof Gyampo
Professor Ransford Gyampo, a Senior Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, has advocated for the building of trust between the Electoral Commission...
Ghana’s peace council urges peace ahead of judgment on election petition
Ghana's National Peace Council on Sunday urged stakeholders involved in the presidential election petition to uphold peace as the Supreme Court is expected to...
Petitioner not being treated fairly – Sammy Gyamfi
Mr Sammy Gyamfi, a Spokesperson for the Petitioner in the 2020 Election Petition trial, has expressed disappointment at the ruling of the Supreme Court...
Election Petition: Supreme Court delivers judgement on March 4
The Supreme Court has fixed March 4, 2021, to deliver the final judgement on the 2020 Election Petition trial.
This follows...
S.C. dismisses Petitioner’s review application on EC chairperson
The Supreme Court has affirmed its decisions not to compel Mrs Jean A. Mensa, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, (EC) to testify in the...
Election Petition: Supreme Court to hear Petitioner’s two applications and closing addresses
The Supreme Court is expected to hear two applications filed by former President John Dramani Mahama, the Petitioner in the ongoing Election 2020 Petition...
Election Petition: Supreme Court’s decision has not done the people any great service- Dr...
“We think that the Court by its decision not to allow the Petitioner reopen its case has not done the people of this country...
Election Petition: Petitioner prays to reopen his case
Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, a spokesperson for the Petitioner in the 2020 Presidential Election Petition trial was applying to reopen its case so as...
Ayorkor Botchwey leads ECOWAS Pre-Election Mission to Benin
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has led a delegation of the Economic Community of West African States...
High Court restrains Council of State Election in Bono East Region
A High Court in Sunyani on Friday placed an injunction on the conduct of the Council of State Elections in the Bono East Region.
Consequently,...
Nana Owusu Achaw Brempong retains position as Council of State Member
Nana Owusu Achaw Brempong, Chief of Akrofoso in the Sekyere South District was on Friday retained as the Ashanti regional representative of the Council...
Petitioner Should Rather Subpoena Mahama to Strengthen Petition
“The burden of a proof of a case in court does not reside with the witness(es) of an opponent” should be enough justification to...
Paramount Chief of Drobo to contest Council of State election
Okokyeredom Sakyi Ako II, the Paramount Chief of Drobo Traditional Area in the Jaman South Municipality of the Bono Region, has filed his nomination...
Election Petition: Petitioner exercised the right to be heard and got same
Nana Adjoa Adobea Asante, a Member of the legal team of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the 2020 Presidential Election Petition trial has...