The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has entreated election stakeholders to launch a probe into issues concerning markings detected on ballot sheets dispatched to some communities.
“We strongly condemn any attempt to manipulate the election materials and call on the appropriate authorities to investigate these acts immediately,” a statement dated Monday, November 21 urged.
According to a press release issued by NPP’s Acting General Secretary John Boadu, all political parties were given an opportunity to inspect the seals on the bags containing election materials for the 31 constituencies in the Northern Region.
The NPP said during the exercise, their representatives also requested to inspect the contents of the bags, including the ballot papers.
“They discovered that parliamentary ballot papers for Savelugu constituency arrived with the NDC candidate having his ballot column already marked, which, on voting day, could have been confused with a thumbprint. The consequence of this, if left unchecked, would have been that voters who cast their ballots for other candidates risked having their votes rejected,” the party lamented.
The statement pointed out that a similar objection was also raised against ballots for Wulensi.
“The EC subsequently took steps to return the ballots as rejected and for new ballot papers to be printed for the affected constituencies,” the statement said.
For them, the swift response by the EC was commendable; however the party executives have charged “representatives and agents to take time to inspect the entire ballot papers sent to the respective regions, districts, and constituencies”.
Source: Classfmonline
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John I have now realize that the NPP is very serious about this elections. Please be more vigilant in all the polling stations by so doing you will come out victorious in this elections.
Nap please open your eyes. More of these will be exposed
Massa; Jon Mahama has no choice but to WIN THIS ELECTION BY FALSE MEANS because if he looses the man Jon Mahama and the NDC will be EXPOSED BIG TIME !!!!!!!besides THE TRUTH IS THAT JON MAHAMA NEVER WON THE LAST 2012 ELECTIONS : HEE SIMPLY STOLE THE ELECTION AND WAS SELECTED BY JUSTICE ATUGUBA ; this time everybody is on the CHASE TO EXPOSE JON MAHAMA AS A THIFF MAN !!!!!!!!AND AN EVIL MAN !!!!!
NDC KNOWS HOW TO USE THE STATE MONEY TO BUY THE CONSCIENCE OF EC COMISSIONERS, EC OFFICIALS, POLLING AGENTS TO RIG THE ELECTION. THE CONSCIENCE OF THESE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE TRUSTED. NPP SHOULD OPEN THEIR EYES WIDE AND CHECK THE BALLOT PAPERS, PRINTING OF PINK SHEETS AND MANIPULATION OF FIGURES. NPP SHOULD BE AT THE POLLING STATIONS AND WATCH THE POLLING AGENTS CAREFULLY, FILLING OF PINK SHEETS, SENDING THE PINK SHEET TO COLLATION CENTRES AND COMPILLATION AND TALLY OF ALL THE FIGURES. NO ONE SHOULD BE TRUSTED IN THE ELECTION PROCESS.
the NPP conveniently omitted mentioning the fact that in Wulensi, the thumbprints were against the NPP candidates name.
What is happening to this EC ?? They are so desperate to rigged this elections for their paymasters the NDC but it will NOT happen this time round the NPP are WILD and AWAKE for CHANGE of Gov't .
So who will this benefit
Noo John Boadu. You guys needs to be more smart. Please make sure that all the already marked ballot papers are completely destroyed in your sight. Or else they will use it through the back door.