Reprint presidential ballot without Akua Donkor’s image – Kofi Akpaloo urges EC

The flagbearer of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Kofi Akpaloo has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to reprint the presidential ballot papers for the 2024 elections.

He raised concerns over the inclusion of the late Akua Donkor, the former candidate of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), on the ballot.

Mr Akpaloo argues that keeping Akua Donkor’s image on the ballot could unfairly influence the election results.

He pointed out that if a new GFP flagbearer had been approved to contest, the EC would have reprinted the ballots to reflect the change.

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, November 13, Akpaloo stressed that a reprint is necessary to maintain the integrity of the electoral process and avoid potential voter confusion.

“Having a ballot paper with Akua Donkor’s picture is going to create a whole lot of problems in the country. People are going to vote for Akua Donkor, of whom we are all aware that she is not alive so how are they going to do the counting? Because with the presidential polls, we do the calculations based on the percentage garnered by each candidate

“Are we going to say that those votes that were cast for her will be taken off the ballot or are they going to be counted?

“We don’t want a situation whereby a losing candidate will say he will not accept the results because of percentages, and so we are asking the EC to reprint new ballot papers without Akua Donkor’s picture on them.”