Jean Adukwei Mensa
The Electoral Commission (EC) will officially open nominations on April 9, 2024 for prospective candidates desirous to contest the Ejisu by-election.
The seat of the constituency in Parliament has become vacant following the death of the Member of Parliament, Dr. John Ampontuah Kumah.
In accordance with Article 112 (5) of the Constitution, as amended, the Commission will hold the by-election in the constituency on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
Accordingly, the Commission will receive nominations from prospective candidates at its Ejisu District Office from April 16, 2024 to April 18, 2024 between the hours of 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm on each day.
In a statement signed by the Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa, the Commission said interested candidates are required to download the nomination forms from its website (www.ec.gov.gh) from April 9, 2024 to April 18, 2024.
“A prospective candidate may personally deliver or cause to be delivered on his/her behalf by either the proposer or seconder of his/her nomination, the completed nomination forms to the Returning Officer at the Ejisu District Office of the Commission on the dates and times stated above.
“The nomination forms for each candidate shall be witnessed by the signature or mark of two registered voters as proposer and seconder, and supported by eighteen other registered voters in the constituency as assenting to the nominations,” the statement indicated.
It added that the nomination forms shall also be endorsed with the candidate’s consent to the nomination.
According to the EC, a candidate shall at the time of submitting his/her completed nomination forms, provide the Returning Officer with two (2) copies of a recent post card (bust-size) photograph against a red background, showing his/her full face and ears.
The statement disclosed that the filing fee for the election is GH¢l0,000 per candidate, and added that “All completed nomination forms are expected to be delivered in quadruplicate.”
The Commission urged the public to be guided accordingly.
By Ernest Kofi Adu
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