Ghana Post Elections

As Ghana continues to be in shock following the death of former President Jerry John Rawlings, some leading politicians and political parties have halted their campaigns to pay their respect. The former president's party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) led by the flagbearer John Dramani Mahama was the first to immediately cut short their six-day tour of the Ashanti region and suspend all campaign activities until further notice. This was followed by the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his deputy Dr Mahamudu Bawumia alongside other members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). President Akufo-Addo has declared seven days of mourning while flags fly at half mast in honour of the late leader. Ghana goes to the polls on the 7th of December 2020. AEP Follow us on twitter @ GhanaElections and on Facebook @ GhanaVotes for all the latest updates.

Washington D.C. – On December 7, 2020, Ghana will hold presidential and parliamentary elections. While Ghana has demonstrated its ability to conduct credible polls, persistent issues continue to hamper full confidence and participation in the electoral process according to a report released by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI). “Ghana’s strong institutions, free and open political space, and commitment to democracy lay the foundation for inclusive, transparent, and accountable elections,” said Constance Newman IRI board member and former assistant secretary of state for African affairs. “Throughout our virtual assessment, Ghanaians expressed a fervent desire for these polls to meet the high expectations that they have come to hold for their elections.”  The analysis of the pre-election environment released today is based on in-depth interviews conducted virtually from October 20 to October 29, 2020 by a joint IRI and NDI team that

The printing of the final biometric voters register for the December 7 polls will begin on Wednesday, November 4. Ahead of that, the Electoral Commission (EC) will make soft copies of the register available to all registered political parties and any other person that the EC considers necessary. The Deputy Chairperson of the EC in charge of Operations, Mr. Samuel Tettey, told the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday that although the calendar of activities slated the printing of the voters register for November 8, “we are set to start printing way ahead of this date”. He said the printing and the distribution of the hard copies of the register to the regions would be done simultaneously, explaining that as “we finish the printing per region, we will distribute”. Mr. Tettey said the EC cut down the printing of the provisional voters register from three weeks to seven days because it acquired two additional Xerox printers, adding that would help quicken the pace of printing the final registe