{"id":128627,"date":"2015-06-26T18:26:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T18:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=128627"},"modified":"2015-06-26T18:28:21","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T18:28:21","slug":"ec-sets-new-dates-for-filing-of-nomination-for-district-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/06\/ec-sets-new-dates-for-filing-of-nomination-for-district-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"EC sets new dates for filing of nomination for district elections"},"content":{"rendered":"
In view of the preparations for the conduct of the parliamentary by-elections in the Talensi constituency, the Electoral Commission (EC) has rescheduled the dates for filing of nominations for the 2015 District Assembly and Unit Committee elections.<\/p>\n
A statement signed by the Deputy Chairman of Operations at the EC, Amadu Sulley noted that “the new dates for filing of nomination for the District Assembly elections are Monday<\/strong>, 6th<\/sup> <\/strong>and Tuesday 7th<\/sup> July, 2015<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”9QJRzdYu5y6NanL9L6T9Ti4JdlKxDV3u”]Nomination for the Unit Committee elections will also be taken on Wednesday<\/strong>, 8th<\/sup> <\/strong>and Thursday 9th<\/sup> July, 2015<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Filing of nomination in the Talensi district of the Upper East region will however, take place on Thursday 9th<\/sup> and Friday 10th<\/sup> July, 2015<\/strong> for the District Assembly elections; while nomination for the Unit Committee elections will take place on Monday 13th<\/sup> and Tuesday 14th<\/sup> July, 2015<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The statement which was signed indicated that nominations will be received by the Deputy Returning Officers (Special Duties) at the respective electoral area centres from 9:00am<\/strong> to 12:00 noon <\/strong>and 2:00pm<\/strong> to 5:00pm<\/strong> on the aforementioned dates.<\/p>\n The EC was however \u00a0quick to add that the date for the elections remains as Tuesday<\/strong>, the 1st<\/sup> Day of September, 2015<\/strong>.<\/p>\n It asked “all prospective candidates and the general public are to take note and comply with the new arrangements.”<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In view of the preparations for the conduct of the parliamentary by-elections in the Talensi constituency, the Electoral Commission (EC) has rescheduled the dates for filing of nominations for the 2015 District Assembly and Unit Committee elections. A statement signed by the Deputy Chairman of Operations at the EC, Amadu Sulley noted that “the new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":5711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5],"tags":[38],"yoast_head":"\n