Source: starrfmonline. com - The eligibility of some 171 voters has been challenged on the electoral roll of the Ho West constituency in the Volta region.

Agents of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the area raised objections to the said names during the just ended nationwide Voters Register Exhibition exercise, on the basis of the persons not being ‘residents’ of the communities in which they registered, as stipulated in the Public Elections Regulation, 2016 (C.I 91).

Source: thefinderonline. com - Despite the fact that exhibition of the voters’ register is very important in the electoral process, less than half of registered voters verified their names during the 21 days of voters’ exhibition exercise carried out by the Electoral Commission (EC).

Out of the 15.7 million (15, 744, 730) names on the voters’ register, 6.6 million (6,693,292) voters, represent­ing 43%, verified their names in an exercise that started on July 18 and ended on August 7, 2016.

Source: starrfmonline. com - Unrestrained jubilation erupted Saturday among supporters of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) following the defection of some 49 women in Bolgatanga, Upper East regional capital, from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the NPP.

Source: myjoyonline. com - The Electoral Commission has ended a re-registration exercise that was to provide a second chance for those whose names were deleted from the voters register because they used a wrong ID to prove citizenship.

The exercise, which spanned from August 5 – 12, was to enable more than 30,000 persons who were not able to take advantage of the first opportunity to re-gister in July.

But even after the end of the second exercise, less than half of the expected people registered.

Source: 3news. com - Fourteen people who registered more than once in Takoradi to vote in the December 7 general elections have been fined a total of GHC5, 544.

Each of the 14, who were found guilty of the electoral offence by the Takoradi Magistrate Court on Wednesday, is required to pay GHC396 or in default, serve three months in prison. 

Source: 3news. com - The anticipated IEA Encounter with Nana Akufo-Addo was postponed for the second time due to the change in elections date, acting General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party John Boadu has explained.

Source: starrfmonline. com - The Electoral Commission has given the assurance it will meet the June 29 deadline given them by the Supreme Court to submit the full list of all individuals who registered with NHIS cards in 2012.