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The Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Bossman Asare states that the commission will release election results on its website for the first time.
He stated that this is a way to guarantee openness in the electoral procedure.
His comments come on the back of the African Union High Representative for Silencing the Guns, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, adding his voice to several others calling for the EC to publish polling station results on the website of the Electoral Commission (EC).
Dr. Chambas stated that it would significantly improve the trustworthiness and openness of the electoral procedure.
In response on JoyNews’ The Probe on September 15, Dr Asare said “This is something the commission has discussed and it is something we are going to do in 2024.
“We will make sure that the polling station results are published on our websites way before people who want to go to court. They want to test the law and be sure to establish what actually happened at the polling station. It is something the commission has discussed and we are going to be doing it.”
Dr Asare emphasized that the electoral commission is striving to meet all requirements in order to appease all political parties and groups and avoid any baseless allegations.
Nevertheless, as this would mark the inaugural release of these findings by the EC, Dr. Asare confirmed that the results will be made public on the commission’s website only after all polling station results have been gathered.
“Since its the first time the commission is doing it, we will ensure that once we have the full results of all polling stations, then we go ahead and do[publish] it,” he added.
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