The Electoral Commission (EC) has addressed concerns about providing ballot statistics before printing ballot papers for the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections.
According to a statement dated October 10, the EC clarified that the printing of the ballot papers has not begun as speculated.
It said the printing of Notices of Poll for the elections, however, begins on Friday, October 11, 2024.
It added that the printing of ballot papers will only commence after the EC provides ballot statistics to all candidates, political parties, and printing houses.
“Printing of ballot papers will only commence after ballot statistics have been provided to all stakeholders. The Commission will not depart from this practice.
“We urge the public and all stakeholders to trust the Electoral Commission to deliver a transparent, credible, free, and fair election in December 2024,” the statement concluded.
This comes after the commission clarified the confusion surrounding the timeline for releasing the provisional voter register (PVR) ahead of the 2024 election.
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The Director of Elections and IT for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Edward Omane Boamah, reminded the commission to fulfil its promise of releasing the voter’s register to political parties.
This followed the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting, where the EC suggested that the register could be made available by October 8, 2024.
The NDC, after the meeting, announced that “the Functional Executive Committee of the NDC has deliberated and decided to accept the EC’s promise to release to political parties the corrected/updated version of the 2024 Provisional Voters Register for scrutiny within one week”.
However, in a statement issued on October 8, Deputy Chairman of Operations, Samuel Tettey, said the chairperson made no such promise.
Below is EC’s full statement
