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Nationwide Election Observation
In its year of formation, CODEO recruited, trained and deployed 5500 of its members to observe the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections, and the December 28 presidential Run-off elections in 137 constituencies throughout the country
2000CODEO increased its membership from 22 to 34 groups and deployed more than 7000 observers nationwide
2004CODEO deployed over 4000 observers for the December 7 polls and the December 28 presidential run-off. It also observed the residual Tain Constituency election
2008CODEO deployed more than 4000 of its observers nationwide to observe the presidential and parliamentary elections
2012CODEO assessed the Electoral Commission of Ghana as a model of successful governance institution-building in Africa.
NOTEInnovations in Domestic Election Monitoring
CODEO introduced innovations in domestic election observation with the introduction of systematic tracking of incumbency abuse and election violence. Similar activity was conducted in the 2008 and 2012 elections
2004CODEO successfully introduced and used the Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) methodology for domestic election observation for the first time in Ghana to independently verify the accuracy of the results of the presidential polls
2008CODEO combined PVT and statistical methodology to estimate election outcomes
2012CODEO deployed over 650 trained pre-election observers to monitor the Biometric Voter Registration exercise, in districts, and prisons
2012CODEO started post-election observation. It successfully monitored of the Supreme Court proceedings on the presidential election petition
20122020, 2008, 2012 & 2016: CODEO has successfully deployed the Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) methodology in Ghana to independently verify the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Presidential Elections.
NOTEMonitoring Local Government Elections & Political Party Elections
Capacity Building & Skills-Transfer
CODEO’s expertise has been harnessed by observer groups from African countries such as Kenya, Liberia, Burundi, Nigeria, Togo, and the Central African Republic. CODEO’s PVT methodology experience has been shared with other domestic observer groups in African countries, including Nigeria, Kenya and Togo.
Expanding Beyond
The Borders of Ghana
CODEO is a founding member of the West African Election Observers Network (WAEON), a sub-regional network of the largest citizen election observation groups in 11 Anglophone and Francophone countries in West Africa. WAEON envisions a West Africa that is democratic, where governments are held accountable through regular and credible elections and citizens effectively participate in the electoral process through professional observation of elections.
CODEO is a member of the Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors (GNDEM). GNDEM serves to bring together citizen observation efforts from around the world. As part of its effort to enhance citizen observation, GNDEM developed a "Declaration of Global Principles for Non-partisan Election Observation and Monitoring by Citizen Organizations" that provides best practices for citizen observation.
CODEO provided technical support to civic election watchdog groups and other bodies in several African countries.
