2024 elections ballot papers printing update released by EC
The Electoral Commission of Ghana has released a new update on the 2024 election ballot paper printing. This was necessitated by what the EC described as inaccurate information put in the public domain by some stakeholders of the election.
It added that the commission has not started printing ballot papers except for the printing notice of polls for the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections, which start on Friday, 11th October 2024.
The information was contained in a press release signed by the EC’s Deputy Chairman in Charge of Operations, Samuel Tetteh, and dated Thursday, October 10, 2024. The statement added that “printing of ballot papers will only commence after ballot statistics have been provided to all stakeholders.”
The EC further assured the public to trust the EC to deliver a credible election in 2024.
Full Press Release by the EC on the 2024 elections ballot papers printing
Printing of 2024 presidential and parliamentary election ballot papers
The electoral commission has taken note of some statements in the public domain to the effect that the commission has not provided ballot statistics ahead of the printing of ballot papers for the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections.
We would like to assure the general public that the printing of ballot papers has not commenced. The printing notice of polls for the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections, however, begins on Friday, 11th October 2024. As has always been the case, the commission will provide ballot statistics to candidate political parties and all printing houses before the printing of ballot papers starts.
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 transparent, credible, free, and fair elections in December 2024.
The Electoral Commission, as part of its efforts to ensure the right information about itself and its services is communicated, has launched a series of advertisements on TV, radio, and social media to debunk all false information about its activities. It hopes to use these education advertisements to help the public gain insight into its process and also help them to understand how the EC operates.