General News of Monday, 11 November 2019Source: www.ghanaweb.comAll you need to know about the December 17 referendumGhanaians will be voting in a referendum on December 17 to amend article 55(5) of the constitutionOn December 17 2019, Ghana will conduct a referendum alongside district level elections. According to a research conducted by the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), six (6) out of every (10) Ghanaians are unaware of the December 17 elections, let alone what it entails. Besides the fact that voter turnout in district level elections in Ghana has hovered around 40% in all previous editions, stakeholders in the upcoming referendum are fearing the misrepresentations that have characterised the purpose of the December 17 referendum will have graver implications. Here is a news desk report on what you need to know ahead of the referendum. With the very little number of electorates that are informed on the December 17 referendum majority have been made to believe that they will be deciding whether district-level representatives should be elected at the polls by them or not.

Source: GhanaWeb November 11, 2019 09:09 UTC