The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced its decision to rerun the parliamentary election in an outstanding polling station in the Dome Kwabenya constituency.
The decision by the EC comes after the collation of 367 polling stations was concluded with three outstanding polling stations.
Speaking to journalists, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, Director of Training at the EC, said, “The report from the returning officers was that they have concluded collating 367 polling station results. They were left with three of the results, and the three results were brought later.
“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.”
He also explained that after adding the two results, the difference between the two leading candidates was 165 votes.
According to him, the rejected result had a total of 669 voters, and should it be added to the candidate of the NPP, he will emerge as the winner.
Following this decision, the EC has announced the rerun of the polling station in contention.
“The polling station’s name is Abokobi Women’s Development Centre 2. 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,” Dr. Quaicoe added.
The NPP has accepted this decision, with the NDC opposing it, insisting that their candidate won by over 1,000 votes, and so they would go back and examine their pink sheets.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
