The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced the procedure for independent presidential aspirants to obtain passwords for accessing nomination forms to contest in the December 2024 polls.
This password will allow candidates to download the necessary forms from the EC’s website.
In a Friday, August 2 statement signed by the EC's Deputy Chair of Operations, Samuel Tettey, the EC urged prospective candidates to visit the EC’s head office with a letter of introduction addressed to the EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa, to receive their passwords.
Starting Friday, August 2, 2024, interested candidates can download nomination forms from the Electoral Commission's website and begin completing them for submission.
The EC will begin receiving these nominations from Monday, September 9, to Friday, September 13, 2024.
According to the law, candidates for the presidential election must be nominated using the official nomination forms of the EC.
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These completed forms must be signed by the candidates themselves and by at least two registered voters from each District Assembly in Ghana.
The announcement of the nomination process was made in a press release issued on Thursday, August 1, which stated that the procedure is in accordance with Regulations 6, 7, and 9 of the 2020 Public Elections Regulations (C.I 127).
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