Voters register is invalid for 2016 elections – Opoku Ansah

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neto 8 years ago

as for npp with their foolish talk.Do your campaing well and this moron talk.You think this will intimidate ndc or what.fuck your nana binaddo

as for npp with their foolish talk.Do your campaing well and this moron talk.You think this will intimidate ndc or what.fuck your nana binaddo
Mahmoud 8 years ago

It's not over yet Mr. Opoku Ansah. We are still waiting for the Supreme Court to interpret Article 70(2) and Article 91(3) of the constitution. We believe that the action taken by Mr. Mahama did not reflect the letter and spi ...
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It's not over yet Mr. Opoku Ansah. We are still waiting for the Supreme Court to interpret Article 70(2) and Article 91(3) of the constitution. We believe that the action taken by Mr. Mahama did not reflect the letter and spirit of the above mentioned articles. But this has nothing to do with whether the lady appointed is qualified, fit to be the chairperson or not. In fact, that is a separate matter altogether.

Mr. Mahama should've waited for the Supreme Court's ruling on the matter before appointing the lady. He shouldn't have panicked because he felt the SC might decide against the presidential powers to appoint an EC boss and its members, which I believe is a real possibility. Those who are against his powers to appoint the EC chairperson have valid and concrete points. Since the president is also a political player, he should not be allowed to appoint the referee.

No matter the type of cut and paste constitution we may have, I don't believe the framers intended to give undue advantage to one political player over the others. Even though we know that it was written under the P/NDC military dictatorship that wanted to control every institution, and twisted the neck of Article 70(2) and Article 91(3) to appoint the first EC chairman in order to perpetuate their rule, it does not mean that we should allow the undemocratic process to continue indefinitely.
Ashanti 8 years ago

Your argument is childish. So let's say SC says the council of state should appoint and they also appoint Mrs Osei based on her CV. What;'s the difference here.

Your argument is childish. So let's say SC says the council of state should appoint and they also appoint Mrs Osei based on her CV. What;'s the difference here.
+++APPEAL JUDGE 8 years ago

SURE!

SHE WONT LISTEN TO ALL THESE HELPFUL FACTS.

SHE WILL SUCK UP TO HER PUSSY LICKER JDM. SURE!

SURE!

SHE WONT LISTEN TO ALL THESE HELPFUL FACTS.

SHE WILL SUCK UP TO HER PUSSY LICKER JDM. SURE!
Omanba Pa, Islington-London! 8 years ago

Ghanaians needs blood share for things to get better otherwise we may not learn a common sense.

Ghanaians needs blood share for things to get better otherwise we may not learn a common sense.
kweku trouble 8 years ago

Do you type in your sleep? What is blood share? You are hiding in Islington and calling for people to die.What have you been smoking? Coward! Come and fight. Twat!!

Do you type in your sleep? What is blood share? You are hiding in Islington and calling for people to die.What have you been smoking? Coward! Come and fight. Twat!!
Another Thief of Baghdad 8 years ago

What at all is wrong with these deserate & blood thirsty cocaine barons and matemehu bomb throwers? their Evil Dwarf leader said ALL DIE BE DIE and listen to this one too. Electoral violence. What do these beasts want?

What at all is wrong with these deserate & blood thirsty cocaine barons and matemehu bomb throwers? their Evil Dwarf leader said ALL DIE BE DIE and listen to this one too. Electoral violence. What do these beasts want?
+++APPEAL JUDGE 8 years ago

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT...

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT...
Omanba Pa, Islington-London! 8 years ago

Did you think first before you chose your name? What do you know about Baghdad? No wonder so there is no single person in NDC who has a wisdom? You guys have a huge problem.

Did you think first before you chose your name? What do you know about Baghdad? No wonder so there is no single person in NDC who has a wisdom? You guys have a huge problem.
Capo 8 years ago

You would have sounded right if you advocated for a constitutional amendment. Nothing concerning the appointment of an EC boss is hidden in the 1992 republican constitution of Ghana that needs the supreme court's interpretati ...
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You would have sounded right if you advocated for a constitutional amendment. Nothing concerning the appointment of an EC boss is hidden in the 1992 republican constitution of Ghana that needs the supreme court's interpretation
Samuel Ansah ,New York 8 years ago

What's not yet over? Your foolishness has already sent you back to opposition come 2016 .It's rather stupid that you are still fighting over the appointment of EC and even a JSS student knows the SC isn't going to rule in fav ...
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What's not yet over? Your foolishness has already sent you back to opposition come 2016 .It's rather stupid that you are still fighting over the appointment of EC and even a JSS student knows the SC isn't going to rule in favour of the stupid case brought by NPP. Time will tell.
Frank 8 years ago

Its because majority if you monkeys are illiterate that's why you can not understand simple English. You are a primate. Swine .

Its because majority if you monkeys are illiterate that's why you can not understand simple English. You are a primate. Swine .
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 8 years ago

I don't think there is any sane person in NPP. All their members are seeing pies in the skies because they are high on something. If Blakk RASTA were to carry out his wee tests on only NPP members he would arrive at nearly 10 ...
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I don't think there is any sane person in NPP. All their members are seeing pies in the skies because they are high on something. If Blakk RASTA were to carry out his wee tests on only NPP members he would arrive at nearly 100% of them being wee smokers. The behavior of this Let My Vote Count morons proves that Blakk Rasta is 100% spot-on.

If you lose an election but think you can use legal technicalities to snatch victory from the victor, as happened in 2012, how can election petitions be prevented by the EC? It is Nana Addo's ENTITLEMENT MENTALITY that led to the 2012 petition and will lead to future ones.

In 2012 JDM thrashed Nana fair and square yet this junkie headed for the SC. Please AFAG, be real: no one wants NPP in power and you will beaten more squarely in 2016. Go round the country and see development going on - don't be fooled by the noise on radio in Accra and Kumasi. And please stop exploiting vulnerable Ashanti old people!

We await Alan for 2020, and we will beat him.
Omanba Pa, Islington-London! 8 years ago

Why is it that every NDC supporter is scared of new voters register? Can those stupid fools answer me this simple question?

"016 mahama and NDC will not even get 40% votes. Trust me.

Why is it that every NDC supporter is scared of new voters register? Can those stupid fools answer me this simple question?

"016 mahama and NDC will not even get 40% votes. Trust me.
Emmanuel 8 years ago

It is true that we need a new register, however, we all have a collective responsibility to ensure that the voters register is good once and for all. We can not aford to re-register everybody for every elections. It is costin ...
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It is true that we need a new register, however, we all have a collective responsibility to ensure that the voters register is good once and for all. We can not aford to re-register everybody for every elections. It is costing us too much. Both NDC and NPP must stop registering "illegal" people. lets be honest to ourselves. honesty is the problem of Ghana. From the clergy to politicians, you dont know who to trust.
SARPONG 8 years ago

Ghana with a population with 25 million cannot have 15 million voters when Nigeria with 170 million people have only 58 million voters.

In 2012, the government of Ghana had 250,000 Ghanaians abroad as registered voters in ...
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Ghana with a population with 25 million cannot have 15 million voters when Nigeria with 170 million people have only 58 million voters.

In 2012, the government of Ghana had 250,000 Ghanaians abroad as registered voters in our Embassies and on foreign missions which a forensic studies later revealed that we have a little over 700 people as registered voters.

We have a lot of ghost and underage voters in this voters list we have to throw it away and do a new one.
Whatever 8 years ago

During the last voter registration exercise, the electoral commission publish a list of vivid underage voters and it was dominated by Ashanti Region, in spite of that the EC painstakingly went through that list and weed them ...
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During the last voter registration exercise, the electoral commission publish a list of vivid underage voters and it was dominated by Ashanti Region, in spite of that the EC painstakingly went through that list and weed them out one by one as humanly as possible. We should be applauding the EC and lauding the integrity of the register
SARPONG 8 years ago

Idiot, where were you when international reporters were reporting from voting centers in the Northern regions and Volta region eith children eho looks like ten and twelve voting in those areas?

There is np such report as y ...
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Idiot, where were you when international reporters were reporting from voting centers in the Northern regions and Volta region eith children eho looks like ten and twelve voting in those areas?

There is np such report as you are lying here. Let's even assume what you are saying is true, that makes it more plausible to have a new register as the old one is compromised according to your own comment.
Ashanti 8 years ago

Sarpong. Assuming the register is full of ghosts. during voting, can these ghosts present multiple ids and fingerprints to vote more than one?

Sarpong. Assuming the register is full of ghosts. during voting, can these ghosts present multiple ids and fingerprints to vote more than one?
SARPONG 8 years ago

They are ghost names and people who know or have information about those mames can have those names count for them the same way they managed to get them registered.

They are ghost names and people who know or have information about those mames can have those names count for them the same way they managed to get them registered.
kweku trouble 8 years ago

Very simplistic argument. So many factors can result to this. ie, number of elegible voters who registered, number of under-aged in the population, the very aged who can't stand the stress of queuing and voting etc. Besides d ...
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Very simplistic argument. So many factors can result to this. ie, number of elegible voters who registered, number of under-aged in the population, the very aged who can't stand the stress of queuing and voting etc. Besides democracy in Nigeria is not like Ghana. Participation of the people is now picking. During previous elections, people whose names were not on ballot papers won elections so people just couldn't be bothered. You will see their numbers in their next elections now that their electioneering is beginning to be transparent.
SARPONG 8 years ago

You failed to understand my argument with Nigeria. Nowhere in the world do you have 60% of the population as registered voters since children under the age of 17 are more than those above the age of 17.

Not only that, you ...
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You failed to understand my argument with Nigeria. Nowhere in the world do you have 60% of the population as registered voters since children under the age of 17 are more than those above the age of 17.

Not only that, you have close to 12 million people voting in 2012, that is like 45% of the population voting and 80% of registered voters casting their votes, an unprecedented numbers anywhere in the world.

Go and read the Ghana population distribution in terms of age and even if all eligible voters registered to vote which has never happened anywhere in the world, you will never have 60% of any country with registered voters vis-a-vis with its population, that shows with have ghost names as evidence by the 250,000 so called Ghanaians on the voters register as Ghanaians serving in our foreign missions abroad and underage voters.
Asante 8 years ago

Isn't it a shame for a country of 170m to have registered only 34% of its population to vote? A whole lot of its citizens eliglible to vote have been disenfranchised. Ghana's political system has been maturing faster than t ...
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Isn't it a shame for a country of 170m to have registered only 34% of its population to vote? A whole lot of its citizens eliglible to vote have been disenfranchised. Ghana's political system has been maturing faster than that of Nigeria, hence ours of 60%, even though there may be glitches here and there, more people in Ghana are enfranchised. Nigeria's performance is not a benchmark for ghana to follow. Nigeria is playing catch-up to Ghana. Ghana has successfully gone to the polls 7 times
while Nigeria has done so only once. Give me a better country to compare with and we can do proper analysis.
NANA APONKYE ADDO 8 years ago

LOOK AT ANOTHER IDIOT TALKING. ANOTHER FO OL SINGING. ANOTHER LITTLE MIND URINATING ANYWHERE. ELECTIONS ARE WON AT THE POOLING STATIONS. PERIOD

LOOK AT ANOTHER IDIOT TALKING. ANOTHER FO OL SINGING. ANOTHER LITTLE MIND URINATING ANYWHERE. ELECTIONS ARE WON AT THE POOLING STATIONS. PERIOD
Efo Paapa 8 years ago

Let my vote count indeed, have they found the voter register for their primaries credible.

Let my vote count indeed, have they found the voter register for their primaries credible.
Maslarry 8 years ago

U are right...u see how hypocrites they can be...thats npp for u...they think they wiser than any party in the country but they can go ahead fooling their selfs...the register they are complaining about that its not credible ...
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U are right...u see how hypocrites they can be...thats npp for u...they think they wiser than any party in the country but they can go ahead fooling their selfs...the register they are complaining about that its not credible is the same they are using in their primeries..where is their common sense...u see..this alone shows how foolish they can be...hahahaha
pablo 8 years ago

Opoku Ansah is simply not making sense. My brother, don't use this EC thing to gain attention. You are an outcast in the NPP.

Opoku Ansah is simply not making sense. My brother, don't use this EC thing to gain attention. You are an outcast in the NPP.
Kofi USA 8 years ago

You know What? The npp will want a new registration for them to register the under aged to swell their numbers up in ashanti and eastern regions since they know they only win the two regions. That is their hidden agenda P E ...
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You know What? The npp will want a new registration for them to register the under aged to swell their numbers up in ashanti and eastern regions since they know they only win the two regions. That is their hidden agenda P E R I O D.
Agyekum 8 years ago

See this guy oh God nowadays any body at all is talking on radio and making senseless points. I knew this Ansah guy ( OPK) in UCC and all the criminal things he did even in TESCON elections .. SHUT UP u thief

See this guy oh God nowadays any body at all is talking on radio and making senseless points. I knew this Ansah guy ( OPK) in UCC and all the criminal things he did even in TESCON elections .. SHUT UP u thief
monster akuffo addo 8 years ago

why why NPP? you're just a group of stupid monsters who dislike the word PEACE. what at all is this,? you can go to hell Ghana will not die.

why why NPP? you're just a group of stupid monsters who dislike the word PEACE. what at all is this,? you can go to hell Ghana will not die.
yussif fuseini 8 years ago

I couldn't agree more with this group,the issue is not who heads the EC but how credible the processes ll be,if the process is watertight,even if the wife of the president becomes the next EC boss Ghanaians ll be ok.she shoul ...
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I couldn't agree more with this group,the issue is not who heads the EC but how credible the processes ll be,if the process is watertight,even if the wife of the president becomes the next EC boss Ghanaians ll be ok.she should not depend on anybody but worked as independent person in dealing with the challenges that confront the commission now,out current population does not support the number of registered voter register we ve currently.
Patriotic Ghanaian . USA. 8 years ago

I really hope all those playing Politics with the EC 's Appointment will put on their Thinking Caps and reconsider their unnecessary Back Biting and Lose Lose Litigations.

I really hope all those playing Politics with the EC 's Appointment will put on their Thinking Caps and reconsider their unnecessary Back Biting and Lose Lose Litigations.
insida 8 years ago

Fool

Fool
Civilized Eagle! !! 8 years ago

All thay Empty Barrels like INSIDA know is one or Two worded insults with nothing intelligent to say.

All thay Empty Barrels like INSIDA know is one or Two worded insults with nothing intelligent to say.
ibn abudu @ Canadasheabutter (GhUWR) 8 years ago

THE NEWLY APPOINTED EC CHAIRLADY NOT YET SEATED & ALL KINDS OF COMPLIANS ? MORE TROUBLE TO COME , AT ALL COST

THE NEWLY APPOINTED EC CHAIRLADY NOT YET SEATED & ALL KINDS OF COMPLIANS ? MORE TROUBLE TO COME , AT ALL COST
AKPINI 8 years ago

everything Is not ok with this n.p.p people, e.c boss Now voter register, God will handle this nana addo befor 2016.

everything Is not ok with this n.p.p people, e.c boss Now voter register, God will handle this nana addo befor 2016.
National Agenda 8 years ago

NDC/Mahama/EC made multiple voting possible despite NVNV. They finally described this ballot stuffing and not over voting....What a shame!!!! ....if the electoral register was not that much over bloated this would have been m ...
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NDC/Mahama/EC made multiple voting possible despite NVNV. They finally described this ballot stuffing and not over voting....What a shame!!!! ....if the electoral register was not that much over bloated this would have been minimized. No doubt those who were biometrically varrified never muched with the ballots cast. Where on this planet would the number of ballots cast be far above the actual number of people who voted????? Why is the NDC so much against the replacement of the existing over bloated register??? 2016 will be very interested.... Mrs Osei must just do the right thing; she must forget about anyone and take the right decisions.
Maslarry 8 years ago

Foolish guy...kindly nd honestly tell ghanaians which years register the npp is using for its current primeries.is it not the same register u are crying foul for..use ur common sense fools

Foolish guy...kindly nd honestly tell ghanaians which years register the npp is using for its current primeries.is it not the same register u are crying foul for..use ur common sense fools
Bernard 8 years ago

Empty threats. You will be extinguished in no time if any of you dare. Enough of the nonsense.

Empty threats. You will be extinguished in no time if any of you dare. Enough of the nonsense.
VOICE OF REASON 8 years ago

Every right thinking Ghanaian knows the overbloated voters register is what the now disgraced and discredited Afari Gyan and the the dumb buffoon Mahama used to rig the 2012 elections....Never again must this happen

Every right thinking Ghanaian knows the overbloated voters register is what the now disgraced and discredited Afari Gyan and the the dumb buffoon Mahama used to rig the 2012 elections....Never again must this happen
Civilized Eagle! !! 8 years ago

Big MAN! Putting all insults aside, how can the situation be rectified before the 2016 Election? Let's read something smart from you.

Big MAN! Putting all insults aside, how can the situation be rectified before the 2016 Election? Let's read something smart from you.
obi 8 years ago

what kind of political party b dat hahaha u people wil b in opposition for gud 50 yrs

what kind of political party b dat hahaha u people wil b in opposition for gud 50 yrs
Omanba Pa, Islington-London! 8 years ago

If you are a real human being to see how Ghana is suffering from and yet you want NDC to continue rule in Ghana then I am sorry to tell you that you are like an animal. Can't you think at all? Oh! no.

If you are a real human being to see how Ghana is suffering from and yet you want NDC to continue rule in Ghana then I am sorry to tell you that you are like an animal. Can't you think at all? Oh! no.
AFUGU 8 years ago

I'm so surprise that most members of the npp make senseless and ignorant arguments. If the register is bloated as you claim, wouldn't you be at the polling station where elections are won? And would you allow someone without ...
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I'm so surprise that most members of the npp make senseless and ignorant arguments. If the register is bloated as you claim, wouldn't you be at the polling station where elections are won? And would you allow someone without his name in the register vote? All that you are doing are empty threats because if ndc wins, she will NOT declare npp as winner. Let me remind you that elections are won at polling stations, not EC's headquarters.
M0ses ahafia 8 years ago

Dis is not Ghana dat i know

Dis is not Ghana dat i know
Civilized Eagle! !! 8 years ago

Please tell readers the Ghana you know.

Please tell readers the Ghana you know.
SICK OF NONSENSE 8 years ago

You NPP people will never accept any voters' register or election where you lose even if the register is valid and even if it is the will of the majority!!!

You NPP people will never accept any voters' register or election where you lose even if the register is valid and even if it is the will of the majority!!!
Omanba Pa, Islington-London! 8 years ago

Why do you do this to your own country? We had a p[resident who is destroying the country yet you want him to continue ruling as if Ghana has no civilised people among us. Nipa bibi ni we are like animals.

Why do you do this to your own country? We had a p[resident who is destroying the country yet you want him to continue ruling as if Ghana has no civilised people among us. Nipa bibi ni we are like animals.
Naaba kugri 8 years ago

Go to court and Inforce it , pure and simple , spare us your useless ranting

Go to court and Inforce it , pure and simple , spare us your useless ranting
erickwashie kwashie 8 years ago

you are not the only political party in ghana .so if you vote or not it will still come on and if you try to prevent it than you will see who is who.... ok ..

you are not the only political party in ghana .so if you vote or not it will still come on and if you try to prevent it than you will see who is who.... ok ..
OPPONG KOJO 8 years ago

Good call! I hope the new EC bass heeds this call and gets a new register. If I were her, I would! Then, whoever wins cannot cry wolf!

Good call! I hope the new EC bass heeds this call and gets a new register. If I were her, I would! Then, whoever wins cannot cry wolf!
BRAFOUR 8 years ago

ON WHAT STATS IS MR OPOKU ASSERTION DRAWN ABOUT THE INVALIDATION OF THE VOTER'S REGISTER?
EVERYONE WAKES UP FROM THEIR SLEEP, GO TO THE RADIO STATIONS AND COMMENT ON VERY IMPORTANT NATIONAL ISSUES BASE ON INDIVIDUAL INSTINC ...
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ON WHAT STATS IS MR OPOKU ASSERTION DRAWN ABOUT THE INVALIDATION OF THE VOTER'S REGISTER?
EVERYONE WAKES UP FROM THEIR SLEEP, GO TO THE RADIO STATIONS AND COMMENT ON VERY IMPORTANT NATIONAL ISSUES BASE ON INDIVIDUAL INSTINCTS OR IMAGINATIONS... ITS MOST UNFORTUNATE.
DO WE HAVE TO GIVE OUR ATTENTION TO ALL THESE BASELESS COMMENTS EVERY ADY
Chawchaw 8 years ago

We heard from AFAG the other time, now we are hearing from LMVC, and pretty soon the 'losers' #OCCUPY FLAGSTAFF HOUSE/GHANA would be expected to follow suit. What a bunch of 'sore losers'!

We heard from AFAG the other time, now we are hearing from LMVC, and pretty soon the 'losers' #OCCUPY FLAGSTAFF HOUSE/GHANA would be expected to follow suit. What a bunch of 'sore losers'!
Maslarry 8 years ago

Here the useless and foolish npp goes again..do u guys think u are the only ghanaians living in this country?u want everything in this country to be done in ur name..were it dont go well for u ...u disagree..u always talks ab ...
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Here the useless and foolish npp goes again..do u guys think u are the only ghanaians living in this country?u want everything in this country to be done in ur name..were it dont go well for u ...u disagree..u always talks about violence...u dare try ur all die be die and lets see how many of u can stand the heat..fools
Kojo Boateng 8 years ago

New register or not .JDM all the way

New register or not .JDM all the way

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