Election watch

The Electoral Commission (EC) has rectified errors in its publication of the daily voter registration figures in the ongoing limited voter registration exercise. EC issued a press release at the end of day four of the exercise and indicated that 143,014 eligible voters had been registered. Less than 24 hours after the release of the day-four figures, the EC released ...

As Ghana prepares for a crucial national election in December 2024, the need for initiatives that bolster democratic processes and empower citizens with comprehensive information to make informed choices has never been more pronounced. In response to this critical need, Penplusbytes, through its esteemed African Elections Project, is launching the Ghana Elections 2024 Voters’ Compass Project in collaboration with VoteSwiper e.V., ...

ABANTU for Development, a women’s rights advocacy Organization has set in motion a  project dubbed, ‘Strengthening Activism for a Gender-Responsive Elections 2024 in Ghana’(SAGES) to advance the rights of women and girls to political participation.  Launched in Accra on Thursday, April 18,2024, with support from the African Women’s Development Fund(AWDF),the Project intends to increase the effectiveness of citizens’ action for an inclusive credible and a peaceful general ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) will commence this year’s limited voter registration exercise on Tuesday, May 7, ahead of the December 7 general elections. The 21-day exercise will end on Monday, May 27, 2024. It aims at individuals who have turned 18 years old since the last registration to be enrolled in the national album. According to the EC, the exercise ...

John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has explained his reasons for choosing Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as his running mate for the 2024 polls. Prof Opoku-Agyemang was announced as Mr Mahama’s running mate during a party meeting on Thursday, March 7, 2024. She also served as Mr Mahama’s running mate in the 2020 general ...

Catherine Abelema Afeku, New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary Candidate (PC) for Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira in the Western Region has said the governing NPP are better managers of the Ghanaian economy than the National Democratic Congress (NDC). “The NDC cannot be better managers of the economy. The data clearly shows that the NPP administration does better when it comes to the introduction of ...

A clarion call has been made on the Ghanaian electorate to vote massively for women candidates who will be contesting tomorrow’s District Level Elections.The proponents, Abantu for Development, a women’s rights Policy and Advocacy Organization says it considers tomorrow’s local government elections as another opportunity to deepen efforts to promote gender sensitivity in the electoral process and an invaluable possibility ...

A former Member of Parliament for Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira, CatherineAbelema Afeku has been elected the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentarycandidate for the constituency in the 2024 general elections. Over the weekend, the NPP conducted its parliamentary primaries in theorphan constituency, during which the former Minister for Tourism was electedas the candidate for the party in the 2024 polls. The former MP polled ...

Trust is a delicate commodity in politics, often difficult to earn but easy to squander. In the realm of Ghanaian politics, this question takes centre stage as Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President and now flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party, sets out to rebuild the trust and confidence of the Ghanaian electorate in him. Before the 2016 election, ...

Over 200,000 delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) across all 275 constituencies in the country are voting today to elect a presidential candidate to represent the party in the 2024 general elections. Ten members, including an incumbent MP, the Vice President, former ministers, and MPs, declared their intention to represent the party but were reduced to five by an ...