COKA rallies voters to keep away from rejected ballots, advocates a repeat of resounding victory for NPP

Ghana goes to the polls in lower than two weeks, and there’s a rising concern about votes which might be rejected in the course of the counting.

These votes normally quantity to a excessive share of the vote solid, which has change into a priority for each political events and the electoral fee at massive.

In this regard, an astute member of the New Patriotic Party, Chairman Odeneho Kwaku Appiah throughout a closing marketing campaign tour of the Afigya Kwabre South constituency within the Ashanti Region is educating members of the social gathering on how one can vote correctly to keep away from their votes being rejected.

He educated the individuals on avoiding these unpardonable voting errors to garner votes for the NPP.

“We can’t repeat the sins of yesterday. The growing variety of rejected ballots in our area alone over the past election years is means an excessive amount of, and this yr, this have to be averted.

“I want to use this opportunity to encourage our party people to continue door-to-door sensitization on this very topic, which hurts our votes in this region,” he mentioned.

Mr Odeneho Appiah additional known as on the electorates to not really feel over-confident of a win, however to repeat the voting sample throughout former President Kufuor’s period and provides the NPP a powerful and convincing win.

“Voter apathy is exactly what we are preaching against. We need all hands-on deck. We cannot miss this opportunity. If you stay home, we regret the outcome of the election. Our loyalty to the party counts now more than ever,” he pleaded.

According to the Electoral Commission (EC), 34,858 ballots had been rejected within the Presidential race of the 2020 General Election within the Ashanti Region.

The determine represents about 1.39 per cent of the two,502,149 whole votes solid in all of the 47 constituencies.