The Electoral Commission (EC) is set to conduct a voters’ registration exercise from May 7 to May 27, 2024, ahead of the general elections.
Additionally, a nationwide exercise to replace missing voter identification cards is scheduled for May 30, 2024.
In its programme of activities for the 2024 general election, the EC is scheduled to receive nominations of candidates for this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections from September 9 to 13, 2024, in a major countdown to the climax of the political season.
This will be followed by the balloting for positions on the presidential ballot paper on September 23, 2024, and the parliamentary balloting on September 24, 2024.
Furthermore, the EC expects to declare the results of the 2024 presidential polls within three days of the voting exercise, if everything goes according to plan.
The registration exercise will, however, be preceded by 56 days of public education on the exercise from April 1 to May 26, 2024.
The EC intends to submit the provisional voters’ register to the political parties between July 9 and 18, 2024, and mount an exhibition of the voters’ register between July 15 and 24, 2024.
The final voters’ register is expected to be submitted to the political parties between August 30 and September 5, 2024.
The date for the 2024 parliamentary and presidential elections is December 7, 2024.
Initially, the commission proposed the date change, along with considerations for designating the election days as national holidays.
These proposals were presented during the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting held on Monday, January 22, 2024.
However, a section of Ghanaians, including the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), opposed this idea.