Sentences with phrase «polling agents»
The phrase "polling agents" refers to individuals who are appointed by political parties or candidates to observe and assist in the voting process during an election. They ensure the voting is conducted fairly, prevent fraud, and represent their parties or candidates' interests at the polling stations. Full definition
So we ask ourselves where to get money to pay polling agents in the upcoming elections?
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All of you should turn into polling agents on that day.
In 2012, Ken Ofori - Atta messed all of us up when he had hoard the millions of dollars NPP had raised from its cheerful giving financiers to the extent that, there was no money to pay for polling agents of the NPP, that was how pathetic it was.
The last day for the submission of names of polling agents for the verification by the member sought to be recalled and the representatives of the petitioners had also been scheduled for Oct. 12.
The legal tussle mostly led by polling agents of the opposition New Patriotic Party seeks to prevent the registered voters, some of whom they claim are foreigners, from voting in the general elections.
• Some members of the NPP will again disguise themselves to attack and beat NPP polling agents with the connivance of some electoral officers.
This follows Apasera's accusations that the party's 2012 presidential candidate misappropriated funds meant for the payment of polling agents in the 2012 election.
The All Nigeria Peoples Party [ANPP] has raised an alarmed that the PDP was planning to manipulate votes.The ruling party was alleged to have harassed the ANPP polling agent at the Girkau Primary School Polling unit at Kebbe, the home base of the ANPP flagbearer, Alhaji Yusha'u Muhammad Ahmed.
Quite a compliment to chief negotiator Paraag Marathe, as 25 polled agents rate # 49ers as most prepared during contract negotiations.
USA Today polled agents to find out which executives they respect the most (Ozzie Newsome), trust the least (Bruce Allen) and so on.
• Dead persons or bodies in NPP branded Lacoste «T'shirts or NPP polling agent tags will be hung on dead bodies deposited on the streets to draw attention of Ghanaians, the international community and election observers on what the NDC is allegedly up to.
• They intend to use pepper spray to disperse polling agents in order to have their way to cause mayhem snatch / swap ballot boxes and destroy voting material at selected places.
Polling agents as well as electoral officers, she added, will be made to swear an oath before a magistrate prior to the elections.
And the Chairman said OK, he should hold on and he will come and bring the actual polling agents.
The Director of Elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, however, disclosed that one of the issues that impressed him so well was the fact that even the police are going to be trained alongside polling agents in the electoral rules and processes.
«Therefore, we have polling agents who supervise the elections at those places; those who go round to call the electorates from their homes to come out and vote.
We provided polling agents for the APC in most of the polling units so we had no problem getting them to sign election results in the units.»
The legal tussle mostly led by polling agents of the NPP seeks to prevent the registered voters, some of whom they claim are foreigners, from voting in the general elections.
Report reaching us has it that, Director of funds for Akufo - Addo's campaign in connivance with acting general secretary John Boadu and NPP Youth Organiser Sammi Awuku have diverted a budgeted amount of Ghana cedis 2 million meant to pay polling agents of the party across Ghana and also to pay for Buses that will convey sympathizers of the New Patriotic Party from Accra to their respective places of vote, a close source has said.
He reported that, the New Patriotic Party and the Convention People's Party's polling agents at the Bolgatanga Regional House of Chiefs polling station, protested vehemently against some police recruits, who were brought from the Pwalugu Police training school to vote.
The legal tussle mostly led by polling agents of the opposition New Patriotic Party seeking to prevent the registered voters, some of whom they claim are foreigners from voting in the general elections.
He admitted the party recruited some polling agents and deployed two agents to each of the 143 polling stations, but said they were all GHc 100.00 cedis for discharging their duties.
The polling agents, numbering about 143, also threatened to resign if leadership fails to investigate and ensure that the executives render accounts of their stewardship.
According to the paper, excerpts of the report also recommended that any future presidential nominee of the NDC must work in tandem with the party structures by bringing on board national and regional executives, polling agents and those at the grassroots to help in campaigning.
Akufo - Addo's cousin Ken Ofori - Atta is said to have lied to Bank over purposes for the loan when he said to the bank it was meant to pay polling agents but it turned out and Ken Ofori - Atta himself confessed that, it was a personal loan.
Also, the campaign team is «picking intelligence» that suggests that, monies to pay polling agents have been «cut down» and a chunk part of that budgeted monies is possibly facing the «threat of diversion.»
It would be recalled that, last 2012 elections, some polling agents of the NPP complained «bitterly» about not receiving No or full payment of their allowances.
According to information that has emerged, the Assemblyman is so passionately involved with the NPP in that area that he was, very recently, a polling agent for the ruling party in the 2016 elections which had been declared as an «all - die - be-die» affair by the party's then candidate, and current President, Nana Akufo - Addo.
The polling agents were informed by agents from other constituencies that each polling station agent was given GHC400 and not GHC200.
Whether you are the Electoral Commission, whether you are a police or security officer, whether you are a polling agent, whether you are a chief, you can not stop NPP from declaring results.»
At Nkwatia post office at the Abetifi constituency, one of our polling agents was butchered this afternoon by NPP armed thugs.
But for the vigilance of our polling agents, Hon Benito would have succeeded in bloating the register in the said polling station.
We want to urge our polling agents to continue challenging every minor the NPP tries to register in the region as the law demands.
A stakeholder's meeting at both the senatorial and local government headquarters will hold on 10th October, while 12th October is the last day for the submission of names of polling agents by the member sought to be recalled and the representatives of the petitioners.
«Don't leave the work for the polling agents.
EKSIEC said candidates could file their notice of withdrawal of nomination on April 5 while it would give Notice of Appointment of Polling Agents by candidates to Electoral Officers the next day.
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