Election watch

The Judicial Service of Ghana has assured the public that it will swiftly handle any election-related matters brought before the court during, before, and after the 2024 general elections. The Service emphasised that this will be done in strict compliance with the provisions outlined in the new manual on election adjudications. In a statement dated Tuesday, October 22, the Judicial ...

The Executive Director of STAR-Ghana Foundation, Alhaji Ibrahim-Tanko Amidu, has underscored the need to embrace a multi-stakeholder approach in resolving all elections related issues.    Mr Amidu is of the view that, such an inclusive approach was crucial for drawing lessons from past elections to improve future electoral outcomes to make elections more inclusive, secure and transparent for all citizenry. He ...

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Jean Mensa has said the Commission has sanitized the voters’ register for the 2024 general elections. Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Jean Mensa has said the Commission has sanitized the voters’ register for the 2024 general elections. During her opening remarks at Tuesday’s IPAC meetingon October 1, Jean Mensa noted that ...

Alan Kyerematen, leader of the Movement for Change (M4C) and Alliance for Revolutionary Change, has backed calls for the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct a forensic audit of the voter register. He emphasised the need for a high-level Technical Working Group (TWG) chaired by the EC to oversee this process from September 30 to October 11. Nana Ohene-Ntow, Director of ...

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has submitted his nomination forms at the headquarters of the Electoral Commission. He was accompanied by his wife Samira Bawumia, his running mate Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh and his wife Alma Pokua Adade-Prempeh. Party executives, including the National Chairman, Stephen Ntim, General Secretary Justin Koduah Frimpong, Majority Leader Alexander ...

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has admitted mistakes in the provisional voters register in respect of the  Ajumako/Enyan/Essiam Constituency. According to the Deputy Commissioner of the EC in charge of Corporate Affairs, Dr Eric Bossman Asare, the anomalies have been rectified. “In the preparations towards the 2024 Exhibition Exercise, the Absent Voters List and the Transferred Voters List inadvertently included ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has indicated that the electoral roll for the elections this year is robust and credible. The Commission called on the general public to ignore assertions that the register is not fit for the 2024 elections. “The 2024 voters register is robust and credible, ignore assertions that the voter register is not fit for the 2024 elections,” ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cautioned governments around the world to exercise fiscal restraints in order not to reserve sound public funds. In 2024, a record number of countries, home to more than half of the world’s population, are holding national elections., the Fund said. It added that history shows governments tend to spend more and tax less during ...

Bernard Anbatayela Mornah, a former Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), has announced his ambition to contest the 2024 presidential election on the ticket of the Party. He outlined a nine-point agenda to transform the fortunes of the country should he win the PNC’s Flagbearer slot and subsequently be elected as President of the country.   At a press launch, ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) is optimistic of capturing between 50,000 to 70,000 new voters onto the electoral roll in its upcoming mop-up voter registration exercise scheduled to take place from Thursday, August 1 to Saturday, August 2024. The three-day exercise is meant to give opportunity to persons who turned 18 years after the recent limited voter registration and those who ...