[ 2016-10-27 ]

1,800 transfer votes to Asante-Akim South
A total of 1,800 registered voters took advantage
of the window of opportunity provided by the
Electoral Commission (EC) – the country’s
election management body, to transfer their votes
to the Asante-Akim South constituency.

Mr. Afrifa Blankson, the Returning Officer for the
area, said the figure was the highest to be
recorded in the Ashanti Region.

He broke the news at an Inter-Party Dialogue
Committee (IPDC) meeting held in Juaso.

The meeting brought together representatives of
the various political parties contesting the
coming polls, the clergy and Imams.

It was organized by the National Commission for
Civic Education (NCCE) with support from the
European Union (EU) and the goal was to discuss
ways to ensure responsible conduct by the parties
and their supporters.

Mr. Blakson highlighted the need for the political
parties to focus effort on helping their members
and sympathizers to have better understanding of
the electoral laws.

That, he said, was important to remove needless
confusion, suspicion and tension.

He asked that they also took the trouble to teach
voters how to properly thump print the ballot
paper in order to significantly reduce the high
number of rejected and spoilt ballots during every
national election.

He reminded them to also talk their polling agents
out of unnecessarily interfering with the work of
election officials on voting day.

The party agents should accept to cooperate with
the officials on voting day for successful conduct
of the polls across all the 137 polling centres in
the constituency.

Mr. Samuel Kwasi Otchere, District Director of
NCCE, said although the district was not known for
electoral violence, nobody should be complacent
and that all needed to work together and accept to
get right with the law.

He counseled political tolerance and the rejection
of foul and intemperate language.

The party representatives pledged unwavering
commitment to the peaceful conduct of the December
07 election.

Source - GNA

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