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Presidential and parliamentary candidates for the December 7, 2020 elections in Ghana must submit their nomination from October 5 to 9, 2020, the Electoral Commission (EC) announced.
EC President Ms Jean Mensa made this known at a press conference on Monday night: [September 14, 2020].
The nomination fee for candidates for the presidency is ¢ 100,000 GH. This is a 100 percent increase from GH ¢ 50,000 rate that was paid in 2016.
That of aspiring parliamentarians is GH ¢ 10,000, equal to what was paid in 2016.
Unlike in the past, where applicants collected nomination forms from the EC office, this year the forms have been uploaded to the EC website.
Applicants must therefore download their forms from the EC website and submit them as part of measures to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
In the past, the EC used only two days for the submission of nominations, but this year it has increased it to five days.
The EC president explained that to “guarantee the security and integrity of the nomination process, each political party will receive a unique password so that they can access the password protected nomination forms … the passwords will be provided to the general secretaries of the political parties “.
“It is important to note that independent candidates will also receive unique passwords. We kindly ask the general secretaries of political parties and representatives of independent candidates to call and contact the Head of TI. [at the EC] to receive access to your passwords. “
Also read: PPP: GH ¢ 100,000 Presidential nomination filing fee is too much
Guidelines for Completing Nomination Forms
The EC has provided a detailed guide on its website for completing the nomination forms.
The EC will receive the completed nomination forms for presidential and parliamentary candidates from Monday, October 5 to Friday, October 9, 2020.
Forms must be submitted in quadruplicate.
That of the presidential candidates must be presented at the central office of the EC by the candidates themselves or their supporters and must be received by the president of the EC who is the returning Official.
In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the EC has limited the number of people to submit the forms at the central office or at the district office to five people.
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