The Electoral Commission (EC) believes it is fully prepared for the Assin North by-election on Tuesday.
All election materials have arrived in Assin North, according to the EC, and will be delivered to the different polling locations on Tuesday morning.
Gladys Pinkrah, the EC’s Central Regional Director, stated this in an interview on Monday.
“We have received all of our election materials and have wrapped them so that we may deliver them to the voting places early in the morning.” We have also educated our election officials, so we will have all of the political party leaders, NPP, LPG, and NDC, in the polling locations before we deploy,” she said.
Voters in the Assin North constituency in the Central Region will go to the polls today, Tuesday, June 27, to elect their next representative in Parliament.
Three candidates are vying for the seat: James Gyakye Quayson of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Charles Opoku of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and Bernice Enyonam Sefenu of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG).
The Electoral Commission (EC) scheduled the by-election for June 27 following the nullification of the 2020 parliamentary election won by Mr Quayson.
The Supreme Court ordered Parliament to expunge Mr Quayson’s name from its records after it found that he held dual citizenship at the time of filing his nomination forms.
A recent survey by Global Info Analytics shows that Mr. Opoku of the NPP has a slight lead over Mr. Quayson of the NDC.
The survey, which was conducted between June 15 and 20, 2022, found that 46.7% of respondents said they would vote for Mr. Opoku, while 45.6% said they would vote for Mr. Quayson.
The remaining 6.9% of respondents said they were undecided.
