The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that the District Level Elections (DLEs) in the Jasikan and Guan Districts will take place on December 19, 2023. This decision follows the approval of the Constitutional Instrument (CI) granting the EC the authority to conduct elections in these districts.
Recall that Nominations for the 2023 District Level Elections were not received in the Jasikan and Guan Districts on November 16th and 17th, 2023, unlike in other districts, due to the CI 119 (to be amended) not having matured when nominations were scheduled.
In a statement released on Monday, December 4, 2023, the EC outlined the process for the elections.
“Nomination Forms may be obtained free of charge at the Jasikan and Guan District Offices of the Electoral Commission or on the Website of the Electoral Commission (www.ec.gov.gh).”
“Completed Nomination Forms must be delivered in quadruplicate by either the Candidate or the Proposer or Seconder together with two copies of recent post-card sized photographs (bust sized) to the Returning Officer of the Electoral Area for which the Candidate seeks election, from Thursday, the 7th to Friday the 8th of December 2023 between the hours of nine o’clock in the morning to twelve noon and two o’clock to five o’clock in the evening on each day.”
The EC specified that nominations for the District Assembly Elections must be supported by the signatures or marks of the proposer and the seconder, along with eighteen (18) other residents registered to vote in the Electoral Area.
Similarly, nominations for the Unit Committee Elections must be supported by the signatures or marks of the proposer and the seconder, along with eight (8) other residents registered to vote in the Electoral Area.
For any inquiries related to the elections, the EC directed individuals to contact the District Officers of the Electoral Commission in the Jasikan and Guan Districts.
“Nominations for the Unit Committee Elections shall be witnessed by the signatures or marks of the Proposer and the Seconder and supported by eight (8) other persons who are residents and registered to vote in the Electoral Area,” it added.
