Electoral Commission (EC) has expressed astonishment at claims made by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it was the party that alerted the Commission to issues with the serialisation of ballot papers for the Ahafo and Volta Regions.The Commission questioned why the NDC would withhold such information from the public, especially considering that Volta Region, a stronghold of the party, was one of the affected areas.

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It was also pointed out that the NDC typically addresses any concerns about the electoral process publicly before reaching out to the EC, referencing a recent interview by the party’s head of ballot printing, Richard Jakpa.

this pattern, the EC expressed surprise that the NDC only raised the issue publicly on Friday, November 15, 2024, after the Commission had already informed political parties of

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its decision to reprint the ballots for the affected regions.The EC clarified that the serialisation issue was first identified by its own team at the printing house and later confirmed by the Commission’s Audit Department. The EC further emphasized that no political party, either formally or informally, had notified the Commission about any serialisation issues, despite having agents present throughout the printing process.

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