The Electoral Commission (EC) will receive nominations of candidates for this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections from September 9 to 13 in a major countdown to the climax of the political season. This will be followed by the balloting for positions on the presidential ballot paper on September 23, 2024, and the parliamentary balloting on September 24, 2024. Furthermore, the EC expects to declare the results of the 2024 presidential polls within three days of the voting exercise, if everything goes according to plan.

In its programme of activities for the 2024 general election, the EC will conduct a voters’ registration exercise from May 7 to May 27, 2024, and proceed with a nationwide exercise to replace missing voter ID cards from May 30, 2024. The registration exercise will, however, be preceded by 56 days of public education on the exercise from April 1 to May 26, 2024.

Per the schedule, the EC intends to submit the provisional voters’ register to the political parties between July 9 and 18, 2024, and mount an exhibition of the voters register between July 15 and 24, 2024. The final voter register is expected to be submitted to the political parties between August 30 and September 5, 2024.

But speaking to SOMPA NEWS, Mahdi Jibril, deputy Director of elections of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) said the Time Table of the Electoral Commission (EC) particular to the exact day for the elections was reached during the last IPAC meeting.

He said they are yet to reach consensus on whether the elections would be held in November or December.

He further raised issues with the time for the voter registration adding weather conditions of heavy rains would not allow personnel of the EC to do the registration.

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