The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced the opening of nominations for persons seeking to contest in the District Level Elections.

In a release signed by the Chairperson, Madam Jean Mensa, she noted that the District Level Elections are scheduled to be held on December 19, 2023.

In light of this, nomination forms may be obtained free of charge at the District Offices of the Electoral Commission across the country or on the Website of the Commission (www.ec.gov.gh).

It added that “Completed Nomination Forms must be delivered in quadruplicate by the Candidate or the Proposer or Seconder together with two copies of a recent post-card bust sized photographs to the Returning Officer of the Electoral Area for which the Candidate seeks election, from the 16th to the 17th of November, 2023 between the hours of nine o’clock in the morning to 12 noon and two o’clock to five o’clock in the evening on each day.”

According to the EC, Nominations for District Assembly Elections must be witnessed by the signature or mark of the Proposer and the Seconder and supported by 18 other people who live in the Electoral Area and are registered voters.

“Nominations for the Unit Committee Elections shall be witnessed by the signature or mark of the Proposer and the Seconder and supported by eight (8) other persons who are residents and registered voters in the Electoral Area,” it added.