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JACOB OSEI YEBOAH (JOY) & 2 ORS.
V.
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION (EC)

(2016) JELR 107303 (HC)

High Court 31 Oct 2016 Ghana
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- The High Court dismissed the Applicants’ application for judicial review by mandamus compelling the Electoral Commission to implement various electoral and statutory reforms, finding no clear statutory duties requiring such action under C

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Suit Number:GJ 1174/2016
Judges:GIFTY AGYEI ADDO
Counsel:PETER KWAKU NTI (ESQ) FOR THE APPLICANTS; SEAN POKU (ESQ) (WITH HIM NSIAH ASARE JUNIOR (ESQ)) FOR RESPONDENT.

JUDGMENT

ADDO, J.

The Application is for judicial review in the nature of mandamus.

The specific reliefs however are for:

(a) An order to compel Respondent to delete the deceased, minors and any “undesirables” through Exhibition Verification process.

(b) An order to compel Respondent to initiate steps to amend the C.I. 19, R 23 (2a) as suggested in our paragraph 13 and to do so within a reasonable time before the 7th December, 2016, elections.

(c) An order to compel the Respondent to re-open/extend the Exhibition for another seven (7) days to give opportunity for intended voters to verify their names in order to cast their votes for the 7th December, 2016, elections.

(d) An order to compel Respondent to incorporate any intended electoral reform process to be backed by C.I., especially Electronic Transmission of Polling Results.

(e) An order to compel the Respondent to provide the details of all Elections Officers and their Voter ID in all the 29,000 polling stations to be ad…

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