General News of Monday, 14 December 2020Source: Starr FMElection 2020: Results were not publicly displayed in 17 polling stations - EU observersA Polling Agent carrying the ballot boxEuropean Union observers in the just ended Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Ghana have said results were not publicly displayed in 17 polling stations they observed. The observers however noted, “voting was conducted in a generally peaceful atmosphere and voting procedures were mostly followed, including the biometric verification of voters”. The polling station result forms were not publicly displayed in 17 polling stations although party agents received signed copy of the result form in all cases,” the EU observers said in their 12-page report on the election. “CODEO, with support from the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD Ghana), amongst others, deployed around 4,000 observers on election day. The results were collated in the presence of party agents and observers and key transparency measures were adhered to”.

Source: GhanaWeb December 14, 2020 06:00 UTC