Chairperson of the EC, Mrs Jean Mensa

EC opens nominations for assembly elections

Daily Graphic Politics Oct - 03 - 2019 , 08:09

The Electoral Commission (EC) will from Thursday, October 3, to Saturday, October 5, open nominations for the upcoming District Assembly and Unit Committee elections.

Accordingly, the commission is accepting nomination from prospective candidates for elections as Members of District Assemblies and Unit Committees.

The nomination will be received in all electoral areas in each district from Monday, October 7, to Friday, October 11, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5p.m. each day.

A statement issued and signed by the chairperson of the EC, Mrs Jean Mensa, said all potential candidates shall be nominated on the official nomination form of the EC available at each electoral area, unit committees of the district or at the district offices of the commission.

A prospective candidate will be expected to personally deliver or cause to be delivered on his/her behalf by the proposer or seconder of his/her nomination.

Forms

The statement said the completed nomination forms must be submitted to the Returning Officer at a designated place in the electoral area or unit from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on or before October 11, this year.

“The nomination forms for each candidate shall be signed or marked by two registered voters, as proposer and seconder, and supported by 18 other registered voters in the district as assenting to the nomination of a candidate seeking election to a district assembly and eight other registered voters in the district, for candidates seeking elections to a unit committee,” it said.

It said nomination forms must be endorsed with candidate’s consent to the nomination.

“A candidate shall, at the time of submitting his/her nomination, provide to the district returning officer four copies of a recent post card size photograph with a red background, showing his/her full face and both ears,” the statement said.