The Electoral Commission of Ghana is undertaking a recount of yesterday’s presidential votes after reported cases of over-voting.
In a message on its Twitter handle, the commission said that the recounting exercise is to ascertain the number of valid votes in order to discard instances of over-voting in the keenly contested election between the incumbent President John Mahama and the candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo.
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UPDATE: It has come to the attention of the Commission that several POSSIBLE instances of over voting have occurred #ghanaelection2016 (cont pic.twitter.com/MCWBVktY2r
— Electoral Commission Of Ghana (@ECGhanaOfficial) December 8, 2016
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