Kofi Akpaloo, the flagbearer of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to reprint the presidential ballot papers for the 2024 elections, citing concerns over the inclusion of the deceased Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) candidate, Akua Donkor, on the ballot.
Akpaloo argues that Donkor’s image could influence the election outcome and insists that, had a new GFP flagbearer been approved, the EC would have reprinted the ballots accordingly.
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, November 13, Akpaloo emphasized that reprinting the ballots would preserve the integrity of the election and prevent potential voter confusion.
“Having a ballot paper with Akua Donkor’s picture is going to create a whole lot of problems in the country. People are going to vote for Akua Donkor, of whom we are all aware that she is not alive so how are they going to do the counting? Because with the presidential polls, we do the calculations based on the percentage garnered by each candidate
“Are we going to say that those votes that were cast for her will be taken off the ballot or are they going to be counted?
“We don’t want a situation whereby a losing candidate will say he will not accept the results because of percentages, and so we are asking the EC to reprint new ballot papers without Akua Donkor’s picture on them.”
