An election rerun at a designated polling place in the Dome Kwabenya seat has been announced by the Electoral Commission (EC).
This decision comes after the 367 polling station collation procedure was completed, with three results still outstanding.
The EC’s Director of Training, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, described the circumstances: “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.”
Dr. Quaicoe went on to explain that 165 votes separated the two front-runners after summing the two results. With 669 votes in the rejected result, the second contender would surpass the first if all of those votes were awarded to them. Because of this, a rerun at the polling place was required.
“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 stated.
The rerun is anticipated to guarantee a fair and transparent electoral process by giving clarity and finality to the disputed results in the Dome Kwabenya constituency.
