• EC to Resume Printing of Presidential Ballot Papers

• The Electoral Commission informed the Political Parties that the Commission will resume printing of Presidential Ballot Papers which was suspended following the death of the Presidential Candidate of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Madam Akua Donkor.

• The Commission on Tuesday, 5^th November, 2024, received nomination papers of Mr. Philip Appiah Kubi as the new candidate of the GFP. However, having reviewed the nomination papers, the Commission has written to the GFP that the new candidate did not meet the nomination requirements and has therefore been disqualified.

• Positions on the Presidential Ballot Paper will remain the same.

• While Constitutional Instrument (C.I.) 127 and the 1992 Constitution do not make express provisions in the case of the death of a presidential candidate, the Commission is guided by Sub-Regulation 5 of Regulation 10 of C.I. 127 that makes the following  provision on the withdrawal of a parliamentary candidate:

“Where a duly nominated candidate whose name appears on the nominated list displayed at the constituency centre withdraws as candidate after ballot papers and related election notices have been printed, the ballot papers and related notices may continue to include the name and other particulars of the candidate.”

• The Commission together with Stakeholders will have to review C.I. 127 after the 2024 elections in order to make provisions that would cater for a situation where a presidential candidate dies.

• The NDC acknowledged with gratitude the Voters Register summaries that the Commission released earlier on Tuesday. The NDC as a result requested to have back the external hard drive containing the Voters Register which they had declined to take away on 6^th November, 2024.