Sentences with phrase «ghelections special voting»

Because Dell's 16 percent stake isn't included in the special vote, the leveraged buyout must be backed by slightly more than 42 percent of Dell's outstanding stock.

One proposal this year in particular demonstrates just how much control Page and Brin have because of their special voting powers, and it's a proposal that deals with that very issue.

Wikipedia says that the filibuster in the United States Senate is a Senate rule that allows a senator to talk as long as he does not give up the floor, unless a special vote is taken to stop debate.

Journalists with NMC accreditation will take part in special voting «It's a system which is robust and it is so verifiable that it is practically impossible for any single individual or group to manipulate and change election results,» he added.

Each constituency candidate may, in writing, appoint 1 or more scrutineers to be present at the office of the Electoral Commission when the Commission is performing its duties in relation to special vote declarations for the district.

advance voting place means an office for advance special voters maintained by the Electoral Commission under regulations made under this Act, but does not include other facilities for special voting (for example, special voting facilities at a hospital)

A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of Article 49 of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992, «special voting» as provided for by Regulation 23 of the Public Elections Regulations, 2016; CI.94 is a part of public elections.

The Electoral Commission has said it is prepared to organize the special voting exercise tomorrow, Thursday, December 1, 2016.

According to him, some eligible voter names have been deleted on the special voting list.

A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of Article 49 of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992, and Section 13 of the Representation of the People Law, 1992; PNDCL 284; the ballots to be cast pursuant to Regulation 23 (1), (2), (3)-LRB-, (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)(9) and (10) of the Public Elections Regulations, 2016; CI.94 by special voters in the December, 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections ought to be counted and announced there and then on the date (s) of the special voting; by the presiding officers and the results at each poling station; before communicating same to the returning officer.

A little over 114,000 voters are expected to cast their ballot during the special voting on December 1; and not 65,000 as announced earlier.

The results of this special vote, the commission said, will not be...

The special voting exercise ended yesterday [Sunday] amidst more reports of registered voters, mostly security personnel, being turned away because their names were missing from the special voting registers in their constituencies nationwide.

The special voting is usually conducted for security operatives and persons who would usually be working on the Election Day.

A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere Darko has described the case filed at the Supreme Court for an order to compel the Electoral Commission to announce special voting results on the day it is held as a waste of energy.

An outspoken member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Kwame Amoako - Tuffuor and two others have dragged the Electoral Commission to the Supreme Court seeking an order to compel the commission to announce results of special voting on the same day it is held.

The National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams has defended a decision by the Police and the Electoral Commission to add names of new recruits to the list of persons expected to take part in this year's special voting exercise.

The applicants are of the belief that people who want to take part in the special voting should not be made to wait until the total results on actual polling were to be declared and that the results should be declared immediately after the polls have closed.

In the ruling of the Apex court, the justices explained that ballots of the special voting could only be counted at the close of polls which is the 7th of December.

Meanwhile, about 65,000 voters comprising security operatives and the media are expected to cast their ballot in this year's special voting on December 1, 2016.

Morelle, a Rochester Democrat who is considered a top candidate for speaker, will serve as interim speaker until that election, after a special vote to change the rules to allow him to do so.

Only nine of 15 county legislators were there last night for the special vote on the resolutions.

The Member of Parliament for Tema East Constituency, Daniel Kwatei Titus - Glover says he has uncovered a scheme by the Electoral Commission (EC) to rig the special voting exercise in his constituency for his opponent, the National Democratic Congress (NDC's) Kempis Papa Nii Ofosu - Ware tomorrow [Thursday].

Currently, we have 114,813 officials going to vote in the special voting come December 1,» he said.

On Thursday, December 1 when polls opened for special voting, 327 out of the expected 498 voters reported to cast their ballots.

The Electoral Commission on Thursday evening announced it had set Sunday [4th December] as a day to allow persons whose names were on the special voting list but were unable to cast their ballots on Thursday for various reasons.

Some voters who turned up at the Okaikwei North constituency polling station in the Greater Accra region to cast their ballot in the ongoing special voting exercise were turned away again on Sunday.

He however added that there was no update to the existing special voting list as expected by some voters.

The commission said it will also ensure the security and safety of all the ballot boxes used in the first special voting exercise on Thursday, December 1.

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has said it will use new ballot boxes for Sunday's extended special voting exercise.

About 127,900 persons are expected to cast their votes in the special voting exercise across the country on Thursday, December 1 ahead of the main general elections on December 7.

The special voting exercise affords key individuals and groups who will be playing special roles on the Election Day on December 7, the opportunity to cast their vote ahead...

While the Electoral Commission (EC) is insisting persons who registered for special voting should be allowed to vote at the various constituencies they had been designated to, Citi News» Fred Djabanor who reported from Klottey Korle, stated that he was not allowed to vote...

The Electoral Commission has said persons who could not cast their ballot in this year's special voting exercise can do so on 7th December general elections.

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About 127,900 persons are expected to cast their votes in the special voting exercise across the country on Thursday,...

Speaking on Eyewitness News, the NPP's Campaign Manager, Peter Mac Manu said, «all I can say for now is that we are not satisfied with what happened at the special voting exercise.»

That set up this week's special election for the highway chief spot, won by North Fork Assemblyman Dan Losquadro, whose victory requires yet another special vote for the Assembly post.

He further noted that the NPP will file a protest to stop the special voting exercise if the EC does not provide the list by 7 am.

With barely 24 hours to special voting exercise, Mr Afenyo Markin said the party is yet to be given the list of temporary election staff who are expected to serve at the various polling stations contrary to the electoral laws.

It is not a good sign that for special voting we continued to change the register which is against the CI 94,» he lamented.

For the special voting an extra designated polling station at the Regional Police Headquarters in Tamale (now 137 polling stations).

The meeting was necessitated because hundreds of special voters who queued at polling stations across the country today [Thursday] could not cast their ballots during the special voting exercise.

«When the Electoral Commission took a decision that this time around they were going to allow people who will exercise their franchise as part of the special voting to also vote for parliamentary, it became an issue for a lot of the constituencies,» he said.

However, that information did not get to the affected persons until the morning when some of them walked to the special voting centres only for them to not find their names.

-------------------------- The Unatego School District Board of Education is holding a special vote today from 12:00 noon to 8:00 PM, in the Unatego Middle / High School building in Wells Bridge.

The special voting will start at 7:00 am and end at 5:00 pm at designated polling stations across the country.

Any security officer who misses Sunday's window of opportunity to exercise his franchise in the second round of special voting will not be allowed to vote on December 7, the Electoral Commission has explained.

Registered voters comprising security operatives and the media, will be expected to cast their ballot in this year's special voting on December 1.

The Rating Board nevertheless may rate such a motion picture PG - 13 if, based on a special vote by a two - thirds majority, the Raters feel that most American parents would believe that a PG - 13 rating is appropriate because of the context or manner in which the words are used or because the use of those words in the motion picture is inconspicuous.