The New Patriotic Party has raised concerns over the decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) to transmit election results electronically from the polling station to the National headquarters.

According to Peter Mac Manu, the Campaign Manager, the EC has not been able to convince the country why it intends to introduce e-transmission of poll results in December.

“First, there is no law which gives the EC the mandate to electronically transmit results. Nothing in the law before Parliament now, C.I. 94, makes mention of it,” Mac Manu noted.

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“Also, the law talks about the EC receiving all the collated results from the Statement of Poll and Declaration of Results (pink sheets), signed by party agents at the constituency level, and the expectation is that they will be brought to the National Collation Centre before the winner of the presidential race will be declared,” he stated.

He said the EC has sidelined political parties in the process for the December polls.

He added that “If the EC does not intend to declare results based on e-transmission, then for what purpose is that option to us? We require some good answers here.”

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However, in a telephone interview with Pulse.com.gh, Communications Director of the Electoral Commission, Eric Dzakpasu denied the claims by the NPP.

"It is not true and we are not ready adding that comments by the party is false," he said.