{"id":266751,"date":"2016-11-09T17:33:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T17:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=266751"},"modified":"2016-11-09T17:33:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T17:33:53","slug":"presidential-ballot-ndc-npp-pick-number-3-and-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/presidential-ballot-ndc-npp-pick-number-3-and-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential ballot: NDC, NPP pick number 3 and 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have picked the third\u00a0and fifth spot respectively on the presidential ballot for the upcoming presidential elections.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266808\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/EC-Balloting-1.jpg\" alt=\"ec-balloting-1\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Both parties had earlier picked the third and fifth spot respectively for the parliamentary ballot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-266936 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/balloting-at-ec-1.jpg\" alt=\"balloting-at-ec-1\" width=\"757\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Six\u00a0(6) political parties were present at the Electoral Commission (EC) on Wednesday [November 9] to ballot for their spots on the presidential ballot paper.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266813\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/EC-Balloting-5.jpg\" alt=\"ec-balloting-5\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Convention People&#8217;s Party (CPP) takes the first spot followed by the National Democratic Party (NDP) at the second spot while Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom of the Progressive People&#8217;s Party (PPP) takes the forth spot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266809\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/EC-Balloting-2.jpg\" alt=\"ec-balloting-2\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The independent candidate will take the last spot on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>All the qualified presidential aspirants were represented by their respective party officials for the balloting held at the Headquarters of the Commission.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266817\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/EC-Balloting-9.jpg\" alt=\"ec-balloting-9\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266815\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/EC-Balloting-7.jpg\" alt=\"ec-balloting-7\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Nduom, two others cleared to contest in elections&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission earlier cleared the Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP) presidential candidate, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom to contest in the upcoming Presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266817\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/EC-Balloting-9.jpg\" alt=\"ec-balloting-9\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The National Democratic Party\u2019s (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings and the People\u2019s National Congress\u2019 (PNC), Dr Edward Mahama were also cleared to join the list of 4 other presidential candidates to contest the upcoming polls.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266814\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/EC-Balloting-6.jpg\" alt=\"ec-balloting-6\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trio&#8217;s nomination forms were accepted by the EC after they successfully corrected errors on their nomination forms that led to their initial disqualification by the EC a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have picked the third\u00a0and fifth spot respectively on the presidential ballot for the upcoming presidential elections.\u00a0 Both parties had earlier picked the third and fifth spot respectively for the parliamentary ballot. 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