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Special voting suit a waste of energy - Gabby

Dr. Kwame Amoako-Tuffuor, an outspoken member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and two others have dragged the Electoral Commission to the Supreme Court seeking an order to compel the EC to announce results of special voting on the same day it is held.

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“I think we are wasting precious energy and focus on demanding for an early count of special votes. The focus rather should be on how to ensure total security of the sealed ballot box before it is counted along with all others after voting on December 7th,” he said in a Facebook post.

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Dr. Kwame Amoako-Tuffuor, an outspoken member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and two others who dragged the Electoral Commission to the Supreme Court argued that section 23 of C.I. 94, the law which regulates the conduct of the 2016 general elections, is inconsistent with Article 49 of the 1992 constitution.

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The plaintiffs argue that the special voting results must be “...counted and announced there and then on the date(s) of the special voting; by the presiding officers and the results at each polling station; before communicating same to the returning officer.”

But Gabby Asare Okyere Darko argues that if the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana is compelled to announce the results of the special voting, it will put members of the security, especially the army, in danger because their lines of voting will be made public.

“Why would anyone want to expose our security personnel, especially military personnel in the barracks, as having voted one way or the other? Would that not even influence a general hesitation towards voting against the incumbent?

“Frankly, I cannot understand what the fuss on the counting of special votes is all about: No where in the world is special or early voting counted on the day and before the general election date. The principle is sound: so that it will not prejudicially influence the general voting public one way or the other,” he added.

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