1.Introduction On the eve of the 7 December 2020 general elections, the Electoral Commission (‘EC’) issued a press statement in which it directed that registered voters in the newly created Guan District of the Oti Region ‘will only vote in the Presidential Election but not in the Parliamentary Election’.[1] The general election has since been...
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April 18, 2020July 24, 2025Constitutional Law, COVID-19 Insight
Ghana: COVID-19, Election 2020 and Constitutional Matters Arising
1.Introduction Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the President has imposed restrictions on the movement of persons and public gatherings pursuant to the Imposition of Restrictions Act, 2020 (Act 1012). Many planned events, both public and private, have been cancelled or indefinitely suspended. The National Identification Authority has had to suspend its mass registration exercise. This...