[ 2016-11-15 ]

EC dismisses NPP’s claim on error with logo
The Electoral Commission says it is inaccurate the
New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) claim that there
were some errors specifically in relation to the
party’s logo on the parliamentary ballot papers
sent to the Ashanti region last Sunday.

Below is the full statement by the EC



IMMEDIATE RELEASE
[Monday November 14, 2016]

CLARIFICATION: POLITICAL PARTY LOGO ON BALLOT
SHEETS

The Commission’s attention has been drawn to
reports in sections of the media suggesting that
the Commission had printed a ‘wrong logo’ for
the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on the Parliamentary
ballot sheets. We would like to place on the
records that the claim is entirely inaccurate.
Below are the facts:

1. All Political Parties participating in this
year’s elections worked closely with the
Commission’s Directorate of Electoral Services
to agree on the acceptable logo for their parties
to be printed on the Notice of Polls and the
ballots sheets.

2. For the Parliamentary Notice of Polls and
Ballot Sheets, the New Patriotic Party
specifically indicated their satisfaction with the
logo as processed for printing.

3. During the printing process, not only did the
party have its representatives at the printing
houses at all material times, high ranking
officers of the party visited the printing houses
regularly to monitor the process. At no point did
they raise any objections about the NPP’s logo
as it was being printed.

4. For the avoidance of doubt, we have added the
NPP’s official logo as it appears on the
party’s letterheads. It is clear from the
pictures that the party uses these two versions of
their logo interchangeably. Both do not include
the party’s acronym as now being claimed.

5. We would like to further place on the record
that it is only for the Presidential Ballot that
the NPP has specifically requested that its
acronym should be added to the logo, and that has
been done.

6. Therefore, it cannot be accurate that the
Commission committed any design or printing errors
as being speculated or claimed.

Thank you.
Signed:

ERIC KOFI DZAKPASU
Head of Communications

Source - EC

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