ELECTIONS
Last Updated: May 11, 2012, 12:37 pm
 

 





 
No need for wholesale extension – Registration Officials
Most Officials of the biometric voters’ registration in the Ashanti region have said they do not support the idea of a wholesale extension of the exercise which ended on May 5.

EC, GPS collaborate to enfranchise prisoners
The Electoral Commission (EC), in collaboration with the Ghana Prisons Service, has set up a working committee to thrash out the problems of identifying qualified prisoners for the biometric voter’s registration.

Biometric registration of prisoners in limbo
The novelty to register prisoners across Ghana to enable them vote for the first time in the political history of the country has hit a dead-end.

Biometric registration: 6.5million register
Sixteen days into the 40-day biometric voters’ registration exercise, the Electoral Commission (EC) has registered 6.5 million voters.

First phase of biometric voter registration, impressive, but...
Four million, one hundred thousand eligible voters registered during the first phase of the biometric voters registration exercise, the Electoral Commission (EC) has said.

Biometric registration officers vow to quit exercise if...
A group of biometric registration officers at Agona Sweduru, have vowed to discontinue the exercise if two of their colleagues detained over stolen equipments are not released.

Biometric equipment missing, two remanded in custody
Two agents engaged by the Electoral Commission (EC) for biometric voter registration in Agona Sweduru have been remanded in prison custody for allegedly stealing registration equipment.

Ghanaians abroad can’t vote in 2012 elections if – EC
Ghanaians living outside the borders of Ghana cannot vote in this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections if they fail to register for the biometric registeration, the Electoral Commission (EC) has served notice.

EC to release names of people engaged in double registration
The Electoral Commission (EC) will soon come out with a list of the first batch of people who are suspected to have engaged in multiple registrations in the ongoing biometric voters registration exercise.

Police guard biometric in Ashanti region
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has revised its security arrangements for the ongoing biometric voter registration exercise by stationing one police officer at every registration center in the region.

Biometric registration - Hitches here and there
The national biometric voters registration exercise took off to a flying start Saturday, despite some technical challenges which slowed down the process at some registration centres.

Gunshot rocks biometric
Several incidents, including bloody attacks, characterized the opening of the biometric voter registration exercise which started on Saturday.

Biometric registration begins today - power, no problem
The Electoral Commission (EC) has distributed 7,000 standby power generators to various constituencies to ensure a smooth biometric registration exercise which begins today.

CODEO to deploy 4,000 observers
Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), a non-governmental election observer organization, has launched its fourth electoral vigilante roadmap with an announcement that it will recruit, train and deploy 4,000 observers on voting days during the 2012 elections in December.

EC project to register 13million voters this year
The Electoral Commission (EC) projects to register 13 million voters during the compilation of the biometric voters roll.

EC hosts MUSIGA
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Monday met with the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) in Accra to educate the group on the biometric voter registration and verification system.

Prison pledges support to EC
The Director-General of the Ghana Prisons Service, Michael Kofi Bansah, has stated that the Service is ready to release its men to support the Electoral Commission (EC) in the biometric voter registration if the need arises.

Prisoners must vote only in presidential elections – EC Boss
The Electoral Commissioner of Ghana, Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan has suggested that prisoners be made to vote only in the presidential election in December and not in the parliamentary polls.

AAG to support EC ensure unity at polls
The Advertising Association of Ghana is to engage the Electoral Commission (EC) to help develop campaign adverts that will not compromise the country’s unity and peace in the 2012 elections.

EC will conduct biometric verification on election day - Afari-Gyan
More than 23,000 pieces of equipment are being procured by the Electoral Commission (EC) for the verification of voting during the December general election, Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, the Chairman of the EC, has said.