EC assures Dome Kwabenya election rerun will happen before MPs inauguration

The Director of Training at the Electoral Commission, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, has assured the rerun of elections at the Abokobi Women’s Development Centre 2 polling station in the Dome Kwabenya constituency will happen before newly elected Members of Parliaments are inaugurated.

The EC announced a rerun of the above-mentioned constituency today due to disparities found in the results from three unresolved polling stations following the completion of the 367 polling station collation procedure.

Dr. Quaicoe clarified in a media interview that two of the results from the remaining three polling stations were valid, while one was rejected. The rejection was due to the use of incorrect training sheets during the polling process.

The commission rejected one of them outrightly on the stance that it was declared on a wrong statement of poll because they used training sheets, which is not the one that they should use. So the commission has rejected one, so we decided to come and add the two and see what happens.

According to the EC, the rejected result involved 669 voters. If all those votes were given to the trailing candidate, they would surpass the leading candidate. As a result, the EC has decided to hold a rerun at the Abokobi Women’s Development Centre 2 polling station.

Dr. Quaicoe confirmed that they will report the situation to the commission, which will determine the date for the rerun.

We are sending our report to the commission, and then the commission will take the decision on when it should be done, but we are assured that it will be done before they are inaugurated.

The re-collation process for the Dome Kwabenya constituency has been marked by confusion and disagreements between political parties. Both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have raised concerns about the integrity of the results.

The EC had previously suspended the re-collation of results in both the Dome Kwabenya and Ablekuma North constituencies on December 21, citing the lack of pink sheets from political parties for some polling stations.

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