The National Collation Centre, where the election results were tallied, was made more accessible to the media, civil society and party supporters. The electoral commission took highly visible steps to improve the credibility of the voters’ register by cleaning it up and publishing the list of names online. USING HATE SPEECHIn the months preceding the elections, violence broke out and politicians began using hate speech as part of their campaigns. However, Ghana managed to have a peaceful election because its electoral commission, political leaders and civil society took steps to make sure that the process was credible. Local observers stationed in each of the country’s 275 constituencies could also record the election results.

Source: Daily Nation June 11, 2017 17:27 UTC