Politics of Wednesday, 9 December 2020Source: GNACODEO releases preliminary report on December 7 pollsShiekh Arimiyawo Shaibu speaking at the eventThe Coalition of Domestic Elections Observers (CODEO), has released its preliminary report on the December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. Shiekh Arimiyawo Shaibu, the Acting Chair of CODEO, who presented the report at a press briefing in Accra, said preliminary analysis of CODEO PVT Observer’s reports showed that the December 7, 2020, presidential and parliamentary elections were generally conducted according to Ghana's electoral laws and procedures. The report said from the PVT estimates, CODEO projected that voter turnout and rejected ballot rates would not go beyond 80.0 per cent and 2.0 per cent, respectively. The report said CODEO continued to observe the post-election counting of votes and results collation processes with the deployment of observers to all the 275 constituency collation centres as well as at the National Results Collation Center (NRCC) in Accra. It said CODEO PVT served as a powerful tool that ensured that the presidential results announced by the EC reflected the ballots cast at polling stations.

Source: GhanaWeb December 09, 2020 11:26 UTC