«By her posture and utterances, the EC boss is setting the stage to deny the youth and the people of Ghana a new and credible
voters register for the 2016 elections.
«The exhibition of the provisional
voters register for the re-registrants and the general exhibition must end at the same time so that the commission can produce a final certified
voters register for the political parties,» he added.
The Electoral Commission says it will open
the voters register for limited registration from April 28 to May 8, 2016.
According to him, the position of the Electoral Commission on the preparation of a credible
voters register for the elections, which is just six months away, appears unsatisfactory in view of what it calls the lackadaisical posture by the Commission towards the electoral process.
The NPP Chairman underscored the need for a new
voters register for a transparent election since the NPP is far stronger than the NDC in Greater Accra.
The groups; Let My Vote Count, Account for Accountable governance and the Youth wing of the biggest opposition party, New Patriotic Party (NPP), wrote to the Police, seeking permission to march through some principal streets of Accra and end up at the Electoral Commission (EC) and Parliament House to present a petition on the need to have a new
voters register for the 2016 elections.
There are about 11,500 active
voters registered for other parties in Albany.
The protest was aimed at putting pressure on the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new
voter register for the 2016 elections.
Not exact matches
Make it easy to
register to vote by keeping
voter registration forms at the office or enclosing them in onboarding materials
for new employees.
What's more, even if there is a backlash, it might not be that big: a new POLITICO / Morning Consult poll shows support
for stricter gun laws among
registered voters at 68 %, well above the 25 % who oppose such laws.
A Monmouth University survey released on Wednesday — conducted by telephone, and with a plus - or - minus 3.5 % margin of error — found that 51 % of
registered voters said they would vote
for or lean toward a Democratic candidate if the 2018 elections were held today, compared to just 36 % who said they would vote or lean Republican.
Pollsters surveyed 517
registered Hispanic
voters in the state, and 35 percent said they would vote
for Romney in the primary compared to 20 percent
for Gingrich.
I will be asking
for a major investigation into
VOTER FRAUD, including those
registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and....
«I will be asking
for a major investigation into
VOTER FRAUD, including those
registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and even, those
registered to vote who are dead (and many
for a long time).
The nonprofit group Fight
For The Future launched HelloVote on Thursday morning with the goal of boosting
voter registration in several key battleground states by allowing
voters to
register directly via text message or Facebook Messenger.
The survey of 1,077
registered voters was conducted online by the Program
for Public Consultation at the University of Maryland from Dec. 6 - 8.
Our new report uses more than 250,000 interviews with
registered voters to provide insights at the national, state, and aggregated district level on President Trump's approval, key senator approval & re-elect ratings, generic ballot, and top issues
for voters.
Politico's Toby Eckert: «More than half of
registered voters say they haven't noticed an increase in their paychecks as a result of the new tax law, and support
for the law overall remains tepid, according to a new POLITICO / Morning Consult poll.
Sounds like what the Republicans are doing in this country by pruning the
voter rolls, making it harder to
register to vote, and making it harder
for people to find the right voting place.
«At that time, nearly three - quarters of white evangelical Protestant
registered voters said they planned to vote
for Romney, including one - quarter who «strongly» supported him.
And how often does «care
for the poor»
register as an important political issue among evangelical
voters?)
And while more than 90 percent of black
voters supported Jackson in recent primaries, Hertzke notes that «many of these same black
voters register remarkable sympathy
for Robertson...» Robertson's appeal among blacks is correctly attributed to religious and cultural attitudes.
An August 2010 poll by the Pew Research Center
for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that nearly half of Tea Party supporters (46 %) had not heard of or did not have an opinion about «the conservative Christian movement sometimes known as the religious right»; 42 % said they agree with the conservative Christian movement and roughly one - in - ten (11 %) said they disagree (based on
registered voters).
Rodriguez joined assistant editor Morgan Lee and editor - in - chief Mark Galli to discuss why the church should not retreat from culture, what led 60 percent of Latino evangelicals to vote
for Trump, and why Christians should
register as independent
voters.
59 % of
registered voters think Trump has respect
for evangelicals 51 % think Clinton respects evangelicals also
The new law reduces the number of signatures required
for a referendum to 7.5 percent of the
registered voters from 15 percent and increases the number of days
for a petition drive to 30 from 21.
Fliers went out this week that will give Lockport Water District customers who are
registered voters a chance to say «yes» or «no» to Lake Michigan water — a question this community has wrestled with
for more than seven years.
Marist decided to play it safe by also polling
registered voters (that's how Siena went, saying it's too early
for the «likely» route), and those numbers are: 55-29-10, 6.
For instance, if you're running a candidate's site, be sure you have the kind of resources that potential voters and donors are looking for, including the candidate's positions on issues, his or her bio, instructions on how to register to vote (it never hurts), speeches or audio / video clips if you have them and easy and obvious opportunities to volunteer or to give mon
For instance, if you're running a candidate's site, be sure you have the kind of resources that potential
voters and donors are looking
for, including the candidate's positions on issues, his or her bio, instructions on how to register to vote (it never hurts), speeches or audio / video clips if you have them and easy and obvious opportunities to volunteer or to give mon
for, including the candidate's positions on issues, his or her bio, instructions on how to
register to vote (it never hurts), speeches or audio / video clips if you have them and easy and obvious opportunities to volunteer or to give money.
Each
voter casts one vote
for an individual candidate of a
registered political party or
for an independent.
For instance, use check - ins to count and reward volunteers at phone banks, leave tips at local venues encouraging
voters to
register or get out to the polls.
The answer depends mostly on where the
voter is
registered, because American election laws and procedures are
for the most part determined by the individual states, even in elections
for federal office.
The Court issued a warrant
for the owners of the station, host of the station's «Pampaso» programme, and the panelists, who threatened to kill judges over their handling of a case on the credibility of the
voters»
register to appear before them to answer
for contempt charges.
Next, companies in the political space take all or part of a campaign's «
voter file» — the database of
registered voters for their district — and match it to consumer - advertising databases linked to those cookies.
I think you can avoid this with (i) a primary election day
for all parties where
voters have to choose which party to vote
for OR (ii) a Labour - only primary election day where people who want to vote have to
register first.
He spoke further, «As you are aware, INEC has been indicted
for registering and issuing permanent
voters card (PVCs) to millions of underage persons, particularly in Kano and Katsina States respectively.
Illustrating the above, most of the people leading this electoral discourse have neither
registered for nor collected their Permanent
Voters Card (PVC).
At a news conference on Wednesday, NDC's General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, demanded the arrest of Dr. Bawumia
for allegedly falsifying information to buttress a claim of the NPP that there were about 76,000 Togolese in Ghana's
voters»
register.
The IEA held a debate on Tuesday 20th October
for or against the compilation of a new
voters register ahead of the 2016 general election.
He again insisted that it is the political parties themselves who contribute to bloating of the
register saying «will a call
for a new
voters register suddenly make the political parties repentant of their corrupt practices?
Pollster and Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch Newspaper, Ben Ephson has said, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ascended to the height of double standards, when it questioned the credibility of the five - member team that was empanelled by the Electoral Commission (EC) to assess calls
for a new
voters register.
If those running
for any office don't receive a minimum percentage of the available votes, say
for example (I'll keep this small scale) 100
voters are
registered, and each candidate receives 25 or less votes, the election would be void, and new candidates selected.
Given the potentials the card reader has
for disinfecting the process with the scrutiny of authentication of the
voter register, all those who stand
for genuine electoral reform have no choice but to improve the enabling policy ambiance
for supporting the card reader by ensuring judicial clarity which supports its use.
The Let My Vote Count Alliance, Movement
for Change and Alliance
for Accountable Governance (AFAG) joined forces to draw a massive crowd in the streets to back calls
for a new
voters register ahead of the 2016 election, insisting the current album is flawed with lots of anomalies.
The opposition NPP and pressure group «Let My Vote Count Alliance» have accused the EC boss of bias after several calls
for a new
voters»
register were rejected by the EC.
I was asked about it at Brighton Fabians last night: there is a lot of enthusiasm
for campaigning on this issue, and indeed
for getting
voters registered as part of a campaign.
Although the NDC had indicated that it will participate in a debate on the
voters»
register, the governing party did a massive u-turn hours to the controversial debate, the Institute
for Economic Affairs (IEA) has revealed.
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Antwi Boasiako has switched over to the defensive mode following threats by Koku Anyidoho to sue the New Patriotic Party's Vice Presidential nominee
for failing to provide evidence
for his bloated
voter register claims.
The card reader is to complement and confirm the integrity of the
voter register and that is why the unusual moonlight figures of the past years are disappearing and, if those against the use of the card reader succeed through the court, that would be a major setback and total reversal of the reformative mileage we have covered as a country on election matters, a significant progress that has resulted in other African countries calling on Nigeria's INEC
for assistance.
The
voter register is the most important tool
for making election outcomes credible, it is like a credible and reliable scientific research which relies on the «sample frame»; it is the touchstone that gives assurance to the fact that the ballot, as expressed in an election, arose from the physical presence of eligible
voters at the polling unit who delegated part of their sovereignty temporarily to elected officials.