The Electoral Commission (EC), has said it is taking steps to strengthen the transmission and management of election results ahead of future elections by reviewing Constitutional Instrument 127 (CI 127), which regulates the conduct of elections.
The EC’s Director of Electoral Services, Samuel Dottoh Kwaah, disclosed this to the media at an inter-party dialogue organised by the National Peace Council in Accra on Tuesday, August 11.
He said the review will support plans to improve the transmission and management of election results, including the introduction of a dedicated portal for transmitting scanned copies of results.
“There’s a need to address some of the challenges from now on. In addressing some of these challenges, we have to come out with certain policies and plans to ensure that we don’t entertain what happened in 2024. The first thing will start from the collation centres on the way and manner people disrupt ballot papers and result forms because at that time we didn’t have a portal where the scanned results could be sent.
“Going forward, the Commission plans to ensure that scanned results will be sent to a dedicated portal. When that happens, there’s a need to review C. I 127, which regulates the conduct of general elections. We’ll invite the political parties to come up with their inputs once the Commission has finalized the review of the C.I. The physical results will be maintained,” he said.
