The Electoral Commission (EC) has clarified that no balls were swapped during the balloting process for the upcoming presidential elections.In an interview with Accra-based Joy News, the Deputy Chair for Corporate Services at the Electoral Commission, Dr. Bossman Asare emphasized that the process was transparent and free from irregularities.Dr. Asare stated that all political party representatives, including independent candidates, were present during the exercise."We didn't use any different balls yesterday. What transpired was that before the activities began or the exercise began, we gave the opportunity to the party to examine the balls."But before we began the exercise, everything was given and this was done before the full glare of the media and the political parties Dr. Bossman Asare stated."To further ensure transparency, Dr. Asare responded to a concern raised by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) regarding an anomaly in the balloting process."It was later on that the NDC rep, Dr. Omane Boamah indicated that he has noticed some differences and the independents candidates and their representatives. We believe the processes were transparent so along the line when the NDC rep raised the flag that he believed one ball was so different from the others, the commission decided that this was an activity we were taken for the politcal parties as well as the good people of Ghana. We removed the ball to allow the process continue."The balloting process at the Electoral Commission (EC) for presidential candidates experienced some chaos.This occurred after the Commission conducted the initial part of the process, which determined the sequence of the actual balloting.Following this, Dr. Boamah raised concerns that one of the balls had a unique feature that could compromise the integrity of the process.The National Director of Research and Elections for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Evans Nimako disagreed with these concerns.After more than 30 minutes of argument, the Commission agreed to replace the affected ball, and the process was set to be rerun from the beginning.As a result, the NPP secured the number one position on the ballot paper for the upcoming December 7 polls, while the NDC occupied the number eight spot.

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