CODEO Preliminary Report on the 2019 District Level Elections

On Tuesday, December 17, 2019 the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) conducted District Level Elections and Unit Committee Elections nationwide. The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), in line with its objective of promoting transparent and credible electoral processes and outcomes, deployed a total of 1,100 Election Day Observers. The Observers comprised 800 Polling Station Observers and 300 roaming Observers. The 800 Polling Station Observers were deployed to a randomly selected national representative sample of polling stations from where they observed the entire Election Day processes from opening to close of polls. This Preliminary statement is based on analyses of reports received from 84% of the 800 Polling Stations Observers regarding the opening and voting processes as at 7pm on Election Day.