Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has urged all candidates in Ghana’s 2024 general elections to conduct themselves peacefully during and after the elections on Saturday, December 7. He emphasized that stakeholders are yearning for peaceful, transparent, and credible polls. Speaking during a meeting with the National Election Security Taskforce on Thursday, December 5, Jonathan…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has issued revised guidelines for media accreditation, enabling journalists with accreditation for polling stations to also access Constituency and Regional Collation Centres. This adjustment, which takes effect on Saturday, December 7, 2024, follows extensive internal discussions and consultations with key media stakeholders. In a statement signed by Benjamin Bano-Bioh, Director for…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has asked the political parties to submit the names of their agents for printing the notice of polls and ballot papers for the 2024 general elections. The Commission says it will start printing the ballot papers from Friday, October 11. “The selected agents are kindly requested to report to the Director,…
The Electoral Commission (EC) will receive nominations of Candidates for this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections from September 9 to 13 in a major countdown to the climax of the political season. This will be followed by the balloting for positions on the presidential ballot paper on September 23, 2024, and the parliamentary balloting on…
The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has announced that tie-breaking elections will be held on January 9, 2024, to resolve the identical vote count issue that occurred during the District Level Elections held on December 19, 2023. The tie-breaking elections will take place at the polling stations where the ties in votes were recorded. In…
