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    CODEO Reports Smooth Elections with Notable Challenges: Violence, Vote Buying, and Procedural Lapses

    The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) commended the Electoral Commission (EC) for largely ensuring a smooth voting process during Ghana’s polls, despite reports of violence, vote buying, and operational lapses in certain areas. The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) in its close-of-polls statement for the 2024 General Election, commended the Electoral Commission (EC)…

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    CODEO Observes Special Voting Exercise, Cites Vote-Buying and Ballot Photography Incidents

    The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has released its findings from monitoring the Special Voting Exercise organized by the Electoral Commission (EC) on Monday, December 2, 2024. A total of 228 CODEO observers were deployed across 216 constituencies in 14 of the 16 regions of Ghana. A press statement issued by CODEO and signed…

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    CODEO Flags Vote-Buying, Incumbency Abuse Ahead of Elections

    The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has called on stakeholders in Ghana’s upcoming December 7 elections to strengthen efforts in voter education, curb vote-buying, address the abuse of incumbency, and promote issue-based campaigns. In its 2nd Pre-Election Observation Report, CODEO revealed key insights from observations conducted across 97 constituencies between October 26 and November…

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    Election 2024:  EC, public trust and clean election

    “Elections without integrity cannot provide the winners with legitimacy, the losers with Security and the public with confidence in their leaders and institutions”. – Kofi A. Annan                             This year 2024 is globally touted as the Ultimate Election Year, as many countries are expected to hold national elections. Ghana is no exception as it…

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    Attorney

    We Will Resist EC’s Clandestine Attempts To Diminish Transparency In Voter Registration-NDC

    Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), says it will resist the Electoral Commission’s (EC) clandestine attempts aimed at diminishing transparency in the ongoing limited voter registration exercise. The decision of the NDC to resist attempts by the EC to diminish transparency in the voter registering of eligible electorates was triggered by the EC’s directive to its…

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    Stolen BVR Laptops Poses Dire Consequences For The Integrity Of Ghana’s Electoral System-NDC

    Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has indicated that the theft of five Biometric Voters Registration(BVR) laptops from the Electoral Commission(EC) is not a trivial matter to be dismissed as a mere financial loss by the EC. The stolen laptops according to the party reveal profound vulnerabilities and pose dire consequences for the integrity of Ghana’s…

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    EC To Disenfranchise 2.8m Eligible Voters—NDC

    Opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) firmly believes that 2.8 million eligible Ghanaian voters will not have the right to be registered as voters and vote in public elections due to the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to restrict voter registration to its district offices. The EC is currently conducting limited voter registration exercises in its 268 district…

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