Electoral Commission Extends 24hr Results Declaration Timeline

The Electoral Commission has extended its timeline for results declaration for the 2020 Presidential and the Parliamentary polls. The EC had sent out invitation for the event which was scheduled for 5pm Tuesday in line with its projections before the polls. In a statement, the Electoral Commission EC of the country said it was shifting announcement to a latter period to enable them

efficiently collate the results. The electoral commission last month defended its decision to announce the results of the December 7 presidential elections within 24 hours. The NDC has kicked against any hasty decision from the Electoral Commission following its earlier announcement. But addressing the media, Chairperson for the commission Madam Jean Mensa

assured adequate measures have been deployed to ensure timely transmissions of all sixteen regions. She also noted that the CI 127 governing the elections allows for constituency results to be sent to the regions for subsequent forwarding to the EC head office unlike before when the head office received results directly. According to her, the EC has the confidence of meeting

the said target of calling the elections within twenty four hours She quizzed if you have the results, why sit on it. Why sit on the results when you have the result? adding that we all know that our media houses have in the past been able to present the results within some ten hours of the poll and so if you put in place systems to ensure that you receive the results on time, why the panic?.