Tagged: Ghana
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Ghanaians head to the polls in country’s symbolic elections
15.8 million Ghanaian voters will head to the polls to vote in 28,992 polling stations across the country. The 2016 polls is shaping up to be one of the country’s most competitive elections in recent years. It’s only the third time opposition candidate, Nana-Akufo Addo is running for president, but the elections this year is […]
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Ghana’s Electoral Commission launches mobile app for real-time results
The Electoral Commission (EC) has launched an app for voters to have real-time access to officially certified results of the 7 December polls. In addition to broadcasting the results collation process live on television, and publishing the results on the commission’s website, the EC will give the public real-time access to the officially declared results. […]
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Ghana’s early voting and the case of missing names
Ghana’s early voting started off with great expectations under the new Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei. The commission assured the public of it’s preparedness for the special voting exercise, but in reality the voters register for the special voters was bungled. Hundreds of security officials, electoral commission staff and media personnel showed up […]
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4 things you need to know about the controversy surrounding Ghana’s early voting
Early voting in Ghana will hold on December 1st, for key individuals who will play special roles on the December 7th general elections. Over 114,000 registered voters, consisting of the election security task force, police, immigration, prisons officials, national fire service, electoral commission officials and journalists are expected to cast their votes ahead of the […]