The Electoral Commission wishes to inform the general public especially registered voters in polling stations where voting did not start early due to the late arrival of election materials

Long queues have been building up at polling stations throughout the country as voting got underway at 0700 hours. Many streets in Accra and across the regional and district capitals are deserted as voters queue to cast their ballots in the sixth general election since the beginning of the Fourth Republic in 1992

Voting started throughout Ghana at 0700 hours, Friday, to elect a President and 275 Legislators for the sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic with long queues of voters waiting patiently to cast their votes

Residents in Kasoa and its environs kept wake to enable them form queues to cast their votes early this morning. Residents who started forming queues as early as 0130 hours told the Ghana News Agency that they wanted to be the first batch of people to cast their votes so that they can go home and see to other matters

President John Dramani Mahama has appealed to Ghanaians not to allow elections to set families, ethnic groups and religions against each other as that was contrary to the democratic constitution of the country

Mr Ahmed Issack Hassan, Chairman of the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA), an association made up of heads of electoral commissions in Africa, on Thursday appealed to Ghanaians to show the world once again that democracy had gained root in the country

Good Evening, Fellow Ghanaians Over the past twenty years, Ghana’s democracy has become a beacon of hope for the entire African continent and in the process, drawn useful lessons for the rest of the world

The deputy chairman of Ghana’s Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) says the group is ready to administer the presidential, legislative and local elections Friday

Mr Yaw Opoku, Sunyani Municipal Director of the Electoral Commission, has said his outfit had received adequate voting materials for the smooth conduct of Election 2012 in the Municipality

The African Youth Command on Thursday called on all and sundry to be tolerant and ensure peace before, during and after the December 7th polls. It also called on the Electoral Commission to be fair, transparent and neutral in the discharge of its functions as it had exhibited in all previous elections